In reply to this blog, M&S have just recently tweeted: ‘Last year we worked with independent industry experts & the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust to introduce the industry’s first ‘Codes of Practice’ to ensure all our game, including grouse, is sourced to the highest standards of game & moorland management. In accordance with this,…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
M&S
Marks and Sparks – are you going to attempt to sell Red Grouse stuffed full of lead in your stores this year? Have you read this? Have you seen these blogs (here, here, here, here) about lead levels in Red Grouse sold to the public in Iceland stores last year? With the departure of Marc…
London
And now we have a Labour London Mayor but Zac’s constituents have put him (at #1) way ahead of Sadiq (#41) in this list. Across the UK, the average number of signatures on our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is 54 – only nine (of 73) London constituencies are above average. We know that…
I object!
I’m not the only one to have objected to this retrospective planning application for a ‘temporary’ track to a line of grouse butts. You could object too, but comments have to be submitted by Monday so it is a job for this weekend. At the time of writing this post, all 30 comments are objections…
And thank you Wales
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And here are the results of the Welsh jury… (in red, constituencies which registered more signatures in six months last time, than in six weeks this time around; in blue, constituencies which have already surpassed their previous total): Ceredigion 95, 82 Montgomeryshire 79, 72 Brecon and Radnorshire 62, 72 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 54, 59 …
Natural England replies
Natural England has replied to me, and at least one of you, concerning our emails about the ‘Man guarding his model Hen Harrier in the Peak District’ affair. The email does come from the email address of the Chair and CEO of NE but is signed by the Area Manager for the East Midlands. ‘Thank…
And thank you Northern Ireland!
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Most of Northern Ireland is far away from any driven grouse shooting and yet the support for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is growing all the time. Here are the numbers of signatures from the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies this time (second number, and after just six weeks) compared with last time (first…
Thank you (again) Scotland
It’s interesting (well, I think it is) to see where the signatures are coming from this time around. Remember, we have just passed (in six weeks) the previous total of 33,655 signatures (achieved in 26 weeks). Let’s take a closer look at Scotland (more analysis to follow). You only have to look at the map…
Looking forward to visiting Sheffield on Thursday evening
I’m looking forward to speaking about driven grouse shooting and all that stuff – sign here please – on Thursday evening in the Carpenter Room of Sheffield Central Library. Kick-off is 7pm – admission is free but you should book please. Sheffield, of course, sits just to the east of the Peak District National Park,…
Did you notice?
Did you notice that we have passed the previous best total for signatures on an e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting? Last time around it took six months, that must be 26 weeks, to reach 33,655 signatures – and I thought that was pretty amazing really – but this time around we passed that total…