Grouse negligence ‘…the grouse-shooting debate revealed some MPs’ enduring contempt for the masses. An orchestrated procession of tame Tories waxed lyrical about the joys of wild shooting.’ ‘Charles Walker smeared the petitioner, conservationist Mark Avery‘ ‘E-petitions are supposed to reboot parliamentary democracy but, on the evidence of this farce, they are another kick in its…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
More driving and more thinking
I drove to North Wales on Wednesday and drove back on Thursday, and then I drove to Essex on Friday to talk to the Essex Birdwatching Society and then on to Hertfordshire on Friday night where on Saturday I was on an authors’ panel at a Badger Trust conference. So in four days I met…
Did you see these?
What others say about the ban driven grouse shooting campaign: The RSPB is wrong not to back a ban on driven grouse shooting – Nick Milton, Guardian Time for change: a comment on the parliamentary debate on the future of grouse shooting, Martin Harper’s blog Dishonourable members, Raptor Persecution UK Don’t dismiss the Public NGO,…
Driving and thinking
On Wednesday evening I gave a talk to the Bangor Bird Group in North Wales. There was a good crowd there and they were pretty stirred up after seeing the debate on Monday. No sign of any of them giving up. I hope I entertained and energised them (I think I may have done) but…
You did this…
shone a light on the scale of illegal raptor persecution in the UK uplands brought the damaging impacts of grouse moor management to the attention of the media and the British public had a lot of fun persuaded M&S three years in a row to reverse its decision to sell grouse meat in stores got…
Not much progress so far PM
In Monday’s debate on the future of driven grouse shooting Conservative MPs trooped out in numbers to defend their so-called sport rather than to address the concerns of their constituents. ‘There’s a lot we need to do in this party of ours. Our base is too narrow and so, occasionally, are our sympathies. You…
Gems from the written evidence 22 – Hugh Webster
Comments Off on Gems from the written evidence 22 – Hugh Webster
This was a very well-written and well expressed piece of evidence. Here are some extracts: I firmly believe that the law should be changed to specifically ban driven red grouse shooting. I am aware that some conservationists would settle for a licensing system as a compromise, but this tempting option fails to address the underlying…
Gems from the written evidence 18 – Jim Welford
I found this account, from someone who knows Walshaw Moor and the North York Moors, very strong. here are some excerpts: I’ve been a birdwatcher as long as I can remember, covering many locations, mainly in Yorkshire. Taking a job in Halifax in 2003 gave me easy after work access to the surrounding moorland, there’s…
Gems from the written evidence 14 – Guy Shorrock
More powerful evidence from Guy Shorrock, former police officer and long-serving RSPB Investigations team member; here are some quotes: The phenomenal response to the e-petition, on what many would consider a niche subject, is indicative of the increasing public concern about grouse moor management and the wide ranging environmental implications. Based on a significant volume…
Gems from the written evidence 13 – name withheld
Here is the summary of another very powerful piece of written evidence: The shooting industry and its representatives should be removed from all positions of power where wildlife crime law enforcement policy are discussed or decided upon. Driven grouse moors should be rewilded. This at a stroke, would remove the many very serious problems of…