Standing up for Nature
Mark writes: Hen Harriers too, can’t speak out, can’t hire lawyers, can’t vote – that why we have to do it for them. They also can’t sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting but you can on their behalf.
Ruth Peacey, wildlife film maker who was voted Birdwatch magazine’s conservation hero of 2017 by readers, says: ‘I support the banning of driven grouse shooting because I am sick of hearing about the loss of so many birds of prey on or near these areas. These animals aren’t just “mysteriously disappearing”, they are being…
Dominic Dyer is CEO of the Badger Trust and says: ‘Driven grouse shooting involves huge cruelty to red grouse, has a significant negative impact on the environment and leads to the illegal persecution of endangered hen harriers and other raptors and the widespread killing of ground predators including badgers, foxes and stoats There can…
David Lindo, author and ‘urban birder’ says: ‘I think that it is a national embarrassment that driven grouse shooting is still being allowed to persist at the expense of our precious Hen Harriers. Please sign this new e-petition to ban this outdated and useless form of hunting.’ To join David Lindo, please sign Gavin…
Jon Dunn, birder and author, says: ‘There’s nothing I’d like more than to see a ban implemented on driven grouse shooting in Britain. Let’s not mince our words – it’s a blood-sport, where people kill wild animals for fun. But setting the immorality of that aside for a moment, it’s a rural industry with blood on…
Alan Davies and Ruth Miller are birdwatching guides who once held the world record for seeing the most species of birds in a calendar year (Ruth still does hold the female record!). Alan says ‘Our moorlands should be a place where we can enjoy our native wildlife, Driven…
Cartoonist Paul Thomas says: ‘I’m against driven grouse shoots because of the grotesque cruelty that is being dished out in the name of ‘sport’. Anyone defending it is talking out of their butts.’ To join Paul Thomas, please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition which calls for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
Another missing Hen Harrier. Read what the RSPB says about it here. A bird from the Isle of Man which lived for nearly two years, and whose tag worked for nearly two years as she travelled widely in the Isle of Man, northern England, Shropshire and north Wales but failed (quite a while ago, 7…
Author, Gill Lewis says: ‘Driven grouse shooting is underpinned by wildlife crime. An archaic vestige from the Victorian era, it belongs firmly in the past. It has perpetuated the persecution of birds of prey and has prevented the restoration of natural ecosystems through intensive land management. The Hen Harrier is an iconic symbol for the…
Chris Luffingham, Campaigns Director of the League Against Cruel Sports says: ‘Driven grouse shooting is essentially a series of massacres in which up to 700,000 birds are shot on moorland each year, according to the shooting industry’s own figures. It causes a huge amount of unnecessary suffering with many grouse being shot and wounded…