The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 18,900 signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are three e-petitions including Ed Hutchings’s e-petition, supported by the RSPB, which…
Category: CAMPAIGNING: petitions, marches, writing to your MP, HHDay
George Monbiot backing the ban on driven grouse shooting
George Monbiot’s Twitter account, @GeorgeMonbiot, is echoing the feelings of many readers of this blog when he comes out strongly in support of a ban on driven grouse shooting. And as a result of widespread support after Fred the eagle took to the seas, some Twitter activity by Chris Packham and George Monbiot’s intervention,…
We are 12,200 ahead
We, by which I mean the supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 12,200+ signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are three e-petitions including Ed Hutchings’s e-petition,…
Ed Hutchings’s thunderclap goes out at noon
Add your support to Ed Hutchings’s thunderclap before it goes live at noon today. If you are connnected through social media (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr) then by supporting this thunderclap you will send a message out at noon today to all your friends/followers and at the same time the same message goes out to their…
Please support this thunderclap
Ed Hutchings’s thunderclap goes out on Friday at noon – it currently has a social reach of over 1 million and could reach more people if you add your name to it here. I’ll be interested to see what impact this has on the number of signatures for Ed’s RSPB-supported e-petition to license driven grosue…
We are 12,000 ahead
We, by which I mean the supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 12,000+ signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are three e-petitions including Ed Hutchings’s e-petition,…
We are 11,650 ahead
Here is an update on three e-petitions about grouse shooting: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting – c26,550 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition supporting grouse shooting – c14,900 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing grouse shooting – c6,100 signatures Last week saw the ‘Gamble-ban’ e-petition adding another 450+ signatures and…
RSPB members signing up for licensing
The RSPB has used its campaign email to encourage signatures for Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing of grouse shooting. This is good to see. This has pushed the signature total over 4000 so it’s heading upwards at a reasonable pace and looks set to double its numbers of yesterday morning by close of…
We are 11,400 ahead
Here is an update on three e-petitions about grouse shooting: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting – c26,115 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition supporting grouse shooting – c14,714 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing grouse shooting – c2,390 signatures Last week saw the ‘Gamble-ban’ e-petition adding another 570 signatures and…
Update – we are 11,061 ahead
Here is an update on three e-petitions about grouse shooting: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting – c25,547 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition supporting grouse shooting – c14,486 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing grouse shooting – c2,046 signatures Last week saw the ‘Gamble-ban’ e-petition pass 25,322 signatures (the highest…