This is the last day that you can sign my e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. It was launched on 28 May and ends today when the Westminster parliament is dissolved. In just 10 months it has helped change the whole tenor of the debate about the future of grouse shooting. No longer is driven…
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The first 21,000
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It’s taken quite a while (nearly three months) to add the latest 1,000 signatures to our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting but yesterday it passed 21,000 signatures and there are still three weeks to go. These e-petitions usually get a little bit of a boost as the deadline approaches so we’ll see… Thank you…
Planning for Hen Harrier Day 2015
Earlier this week, in a secret location (so secret I almost couldn’t find it) a group of people met to talk about Hen Harrier Day 2015. Much will be revealed at the Birders Against Wildlife Crime Conference in Buxton on the first day of spring (it’s full – no places left). BAWC will be organising…
Four weeks to go
In the eight months since I launched an e-petition on the government website to ban driven grouse shooting I have become more and more convinced that it is the right thing to do – and even that it is inevitable. Standing just short of 21,000 signatures, this e-petition now has four weeks to gather a…
PR on either side of Kew
I’m a little bit puzzled by Kew Gardens. I’ve been asked a few times to sign e-petitions asking for their budget not to be cut but so far I haven’t done that. Here are two rather contrasting e-petitions: Urgently reverse existing, proposed, and further cuts to RBG Kew’s annual operating grant in aid (105000 signatures)…
Signing e-petitions
Do you find that you get asked to sign lots of e-petitions? And do you bother? Well, here are a few rules to help you on your way. Don’t sign an e-petition unless you’ve read it Don’t sign an e-petition unless you agree with it Don’t sign more than two e-petitions a day Don’t sign…
50 days
Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will close in 50 days. It stands at 20,680 signatures – already in the top 0.5% of all e-petitions on the government website. Please ask someone else to sign it today. Below I reproduce the text of the e-petition, links to some explanatory blogs and the milestones passed…
Hen Harrier Day – 9 August 2015
I think I know what will be at least one focus for Hen Harrier Day 2015 so please ‘save the day’ as they say. There is a long way to go before that sunny Sunday before the opening of the grouse shooting season but we have the beginnings of a plan… The full plan will…
Hen Harrier Day 2015 – thoughts?
It’s time to start thinking about what to do on Hen Harrier Day 2015 – which will be Sunday 9 August (the Sunday before the Inglorious 12th). Birders Against Wildlife Crime are organising a conference in Buxton in March and I’m sure that the subject will come up there. Here are some questions to…
A recap on e-petitions
Let’s just have a recap: Ban driven grouse shooting Number of signatures: 20,073 Open for signature until 30/3/15 Introduction of offence of vicarious liability for raptor persecution in England Number of signatures: 10,908 Closed 17/11/2012 Licencing of upland grouse moors and gamekeepers Number of signatures: 10,429 Closed 27/02/2014 You’d think, wouldn’t you, that…