And so we say farewell to David Cameron the former Prime Minister and now former MP for Witney – I wonder whether the constituents who wrote to him about grouse shooting will ever get a reply? Mr Cameron will be remembered for accidentally getting us out of the EU when he himself wanted to stay…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
The APPG on Shooting (and Conservation)
At the second time of asking the Public Enquiry Point for the APPG for Shooting (and Conservation) came up with a list of its members. Thank you. It would be wrong necessarily to expect that every person on this list is an active, keen and accomplished shooter of wildlife, but some certainly are. The members…
Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving
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Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving – an experienced raptor worker in the north of England. To add your name to the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting please sign here.
Quick thoughts from the Sheffield conference
I spent Thursday evening, Friday and Saturday morning with a disparate bunch of supporters and opponents to banning driven grouse shooting at the Sheffield conference on raptors, peatlands and the uplands. It was valuable in all sorts of ways, not least in meeting some blog readers and supporters whom I rarely see (for some of…
Driven grouse shooting – your money.
Your taxes help to pay for driven grouse shooting Please sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting (and Conservation)
I’ve been wondering which members of parliament are likely to speak in favour of driven grouse shooting in the debate on the subject. Their constituents might well want to give them some Firm Briefing on the facts of the matter and to give them the views of the people who elected them. The All-Party Parliamentary…
Allow me a moment of pride – please? Then back to work!
I’m rather proud of this – many people have got us this far – but only I get this email. OK – that’s enough feeling pleased – lots of hard work ahead! Let’s see how high we can get the signature total by midnight on 20 September (two weeks today) – get all your friends…
Good news – we’re heading for a debate
I had an email this afternoon confirming that the House of Commons Petitions Committee has agreed to schedule a debate on our e-petition! The date is not yet confirmed and we’ll have to wait a while for that, but the important thing is that there will be a debate in the Westminster parliament on the…
Grouse moors and flooding by Chris Packham
How does shooting grouse for fun connect with the misery of having your home or business flooded? It’s no coincidence that the constituency that has provided the most signatures for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is the Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker MP, 762 signatures). Calder Valley has been flooded several times in recent…
Brian May and Chris Packham discuss grouse shooting
Here are two wildlife enthusiasts talking about driven grouse shooting. Please sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, alongside Brian May and Chris Packham.