There are three types of people in the world of e-petition leaflets: those who haven’t asked for leaflets those who have asked for leaflets and got them those who have asked for leaflets and not got them This post is mostly of relevance to the third category of people, but is also of some relevance…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
A Hen Harrier Day message from Bill Oddie
Bill is one of the strong supporters of this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting that passed 78,000 signatures a little while ago today (having passed 77,000 signatures this morning). Please sign to make an old Goodie very happy.
Dear Amanda
‘If we let the hen harrier in, we will soon have nothing else. That is why we need this brood management plan’ – Amanda Anderson, Director, Moorland Association Dear Amanda Could you please give the following police forces a list of your members who are not ‘letting’ Hen Harriers onto their moors: Cleveland Police…
Elsewhere in the media: Moorland Association admits criminality?
In a slightly bizarre piece by Jonathan Leake in Yesterday’s Sunday Times the Moorland Association’s Amanda Anderson, last seen at the back of the crowd at the Hen Harrier Day event at Edale, was quoted as follows, ‘If we let the hen harrier in, we will soon have nothing else. That is why we need…
Meanwhile, in a proper newspaper…
Yesterday’s Observer was rather more up to date in its reporting of grouse moor issues than the Torygraph, pointing out that our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is where it’s all at! Kevin McKenna, under a headline ‘The Glorious 12th? Conservationists turn their fire on Scotland’s grouse moors‘ writes, ‘This year, though, there will…
Joke coverage by Torygraph
The Telegraph’s Senior Reporter, Patrick Sawer, produced a joke piece of news yesterday. Presumably any journalists who know anything about the environment and grouse shooting were at home having a barbecue over the weekend? The article is constructed around the events of 25 July when the RSPB pulled out of the Defra non-plan for Hen…
Defra – you are a disgrace
Defra is the government department responsible for nature conservation – it’s hard to remember that because it’s a long time since Defra did anything remotely important for nature. I’ll come back to that general issue at a later date but let’s just look at Hen Harriers since this coming weekend sees Hen Harrier rallies in…
Hen Harrier facts
Ahead of this weekend of Hen Harrier rallies let’s just recap some Hen Harrier facts: the latest science says there should be 300+ pairs of Hen Harrier nesting in England – this year there were 3 pairs the latest science says there should be c2600 pairs of Hen Harrier nesting in the UK – in…
Prepare for the Inglorious 12th with a good read
‘A powerful indictment of the grouse-shooting industry‘ – The Guardian ‘No other book this year put the cat among the pigeons (or rather, the game birds) like Avery’s impassioned investigation into driven grouse shooting and its impact on moorland ecology‘ – The Times ‘This book pulls no punches…This is a book you must read whether…
Animal Aid video on grouse shooting
Here’s another organisation’s take on grouse shooting. This seems a pretty rational take on it too. If this video moves you – then please sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.