…over 14,000 folk have signed the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (making it the 11th most successful Defra-related e-petition ever). This is the summer of the Hen Harrier. Things are changing. You are making that change happen. Thank you.
Category: Grouse and harriers
The media war
First things first, no-one much would be talking about Hen Harriers today if it weren’t for Hen Harrier Day and an e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Well done us! Standing in the rain in Lancashire, Northumberland and Derbyshire (and in the sun in Dorset – yes, I’m envious) is changing the story. Chris Packham…
Hen Harrier Day – the video
To get a true feeling for how wet, but how inspiring, it really was click here. Some people are finding it difficult to make this link work (it works for me!) so please try this www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi-B7ZBOyC4 And to help bring an end to driven grouse shooting click here.
The Times they are a-changing
Good bye Simon Barnes and hello Jim Dixon in Saturday morning’s Times. That’s somewhat ironic given that Simon wrote about the lack of raptors in the Peak District and Jim is the Chief Executive of the Peak District National Park. Jim emailed me to say he was sorry that he couldn’t come to our protest…
A Peak Day
When I wrote in my blog of 1 January that I would help to organise a peaceful protest against Hen Harrier persecution in August it was a little like jumping off a cliff – with my eyes shut! It was my way of committing myself to do something even though I didn’t know how, where…