Considering the small number of grouse moors in Wales then this is a pretty good response from the Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths. This statement was made in response to the large number of e-actions taken by people in Wales expressing their concern at the status of Hen Harriers…
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You’re not impressed
These are just a few of the comments I’ve seen from participants in the Wild Justice, RSPB, Hen Harrier Action e-action to responses they have been sent by Tory MPs – just a few. If MPs saw the reactions of their constituents to their haughty, evasive and misleading responses they might think again – or…
A 10-point plan to respond to your Conservative MP in England
This post refers to the e-action by Wild Justice, Hen Harrier Action and the RSPB which already has had over 83,000 participants. The biggest single group of recipients of these actions have been Conservative MPs in England just because there are a lot of them – all have been contacted by constituents. If you have…
Simply the best – Caroline Lucas MP in conversation with Chris Packham
Did you tune in to Caroline Lucas’s conversation with Chris Packham yesterday evening – it was well worth missing the first half of a repeated Antiques Roadshow and the first goalless 30 minutes of the big fooball match too. It was great, and you can catch up here. Here are some highlights: Caroline favours a…
Dear Mr Eustice – the burning question
Dear Mr Eustice, how long are you going to delay making the right decision on heather burning on peatlands? You are making this government look foolish and evasive by not acting on this matter, particularly when scores of Conservative MPs in England are telling their constituents that the government will act. Let’s have a quick…
Chris Packham talks to Caroline Lucas MP this evening at 8pm
This evening, at 8pm, Chris Packham talks to Caroline Lucas MP about the Wild Justice, RSPB, Hen Harrier Action e-action which has already been supported by 77,000 people. And no doubt about other things too. Follow the live broadcast on Twitter @Chrisgpackham or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChrisGPackham/ Future guests will definitely include Bob Elliot of OneKind and…
A good standard response from Labour MPs to our e-action
Over 58,000 e-actions have been taken since Hen Harrier Day, pressing elected politicians to act on wildlife crime and generally on the ecological problems associated with driven grouse shooting. Thank you – it’s an amazing response and I’m sure it has quite a way to go still. The Labour Party is slow to send out…
Take three letters, from Tory MPs
Over 57,000 e-actions have been taken since Hen Harrier Day, pressing elected politicians to act on wildlife crime and generally on the ecological problems associated with driven grouse shooting. Thank you – it’s an amazing response and I’m sure it has quite a way to go still. Here are three letters from Conservative MPs to…
A response from Scottish Conservative MSPs to our e-action
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Over 57,000 e-actions have been taken since Hen Harrier Day, pressing elected politicians to act on wildlife crime and generally on the ecological problems associated with driven grouse shooting. Thank you – it’s an amazing response and I’m sure it has quite a way to go still. Below I have posted the standard response from…
Labour calls for grouse shooting to be licensed
On the Inglorious 12th, the opening day of the Red Grouse shooting season, Luke Pollard, shadow DEFRA Secretary said: The government has failed to cut wildlife crime and a decade of austerity has left these birds [protected raptors] vulnerable to poaching, with fewer police preventing poaching and fewer officers able to catch those responsible. We…