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Juliet Robinson |
2016-08-22T09:55:46.943 |
This has to stop, now! |
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2598 |
S Aindow |
2016-08-22T10:31:14.5 |
Game hunting is all about status and profit - why should we sacrifice our beautiful wildlife for such base reasons? |
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2598 |
Jason Birch |
2016-08-22T10:35:18.69 |
It's sickening in this day and age that the killing of our birds of prey is happening for sport and money, it has to ... |
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2598 |
Bruce Buswell |
2016-08-22T10:35:48.817 |
I live in England. I visit Scotland several times a year and would like to move there. I'd like to see mountains and ... |
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2598 |
Jen |
2016-08-22T11:07:24.863 |
I've signed this but I can't see how licensing is going to make any difference. As we've seen, policing of grouse moo... |
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2598 |
Robin S Perry |
2016-08-22T11:21:19.963 |
Not only should all gaming estates be licensed but far, far stiffer penalties should be introduced for this unbridled... |
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2598 |
Michael Whitehouse |
2016-08-22T11:24:59.637 |
It is abundantly clear that Raptors in Scotland need protection from grouse moor owners. This is a step in the right ... |
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2598 |
David Welch |
2016-08-22T11:41:59.853 |
Estates that behave responsibly should have nothing to fear.\r\n\r\nHowever the over-zealous efforts of many to keep ... |
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2598 |
Allen Rycroft |
2016-08-22T12:03:41.503 |
The sight of a Hen Harrier or GoldenEagle in flight is something the next generation are not going to see. This petit... |
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2598 |
Caroline Campbell |
2016-08-22T12:10:33.153 |
I don't think that any form of killing any living creature can be classed as a "sport!" It's about time we evolved an... |
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2598 |
Alan Cranston |
2016-08-22T12:12:37.347 |
I support a full ban on driven grouse shooting. But if licensing comes first, so be it, but it must be independently ... |
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2598 |
Marion Weston |
2016-08-22T12:43:25.33 |
Control is needed and a firm line taken, for example removal of their license, if persecution of birds of prey if found! |
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2598 |
Sheila Baxter |
2016-08-22T12:55:35.667 |
Rich people killing wild life for fun has nothing to do with preservation. |
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2598 |
Juliette Ellis |
2016-08-22T12:59:25.613 |
Agree strongly that licensing (and enforcement) must improve on the current situation. |
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2598 |
Linda Fisher |
2016-08-22T13:54:41.137 |
I think that all game bird shooting should be licensed so that if any shoots or their gamekeepers are found to have k... |
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2598 |
Elisabeth Ritter |
2016-08-22T14:03:08.003 |
There should not be any bird- hunting at all! |
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2598 |
Cath Jenkinson |
2016-08-22T14:05:57.763 |
Birds like this are already becoming rare ,why let anyone shoot them is beyond me. This is yet another cruel sport,pl... |
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2598 |
Karen |
2016-08-22T14:48:44.88 |
The whole system could switch to a photography based safari hunt...with hen harriers being the highlight. |
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2598 |
Jacqueline Burns |
2016-08-22T15:05:01.1 |
Surely the grouse moor owners are capable of raising enough grouse for both birds and shooters. |
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2598 |
Paul carey |
2016-08-22T15:26:19.03 |
I don't know which is worse. the callous cruelty of the perpetrators or the indifference of the authorities. |
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2598 |
Paul Chandler |
2016-08-22T16:20:09.36 |
This should be consigned to history where it belongs |
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2598 |
Ken Billington |
2016-08-22T16:20:44.453 |
Scottish Government should control game bird hunting and shooting industry. |
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2598 |
Angela Scott- henderson |
2016-08-22T16:28:19.66 |
Stop before its too late. |
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2598 |
Debbie |
2016-08-22T16:32:25.447 |
Scotland is such a beautiful country that can only be enhanced by not permitting the extinction or unlawful extermina... |
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2598 |
Frank Cooper |
2016-08-22T16:39:55.82 |
When will authority recognise the importance of wild life preservation is more important than the ghastly needs of th... |
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2598 |
marta falco-ainley |
2016-08-22T16:44:16.133 |
its really sad that we cannot get any honesty with DEFRA. DEFRA appear to support the Countryside Alliance and the s... |
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2598 |
Anne Ryan |
2016-08-22T16:47:41.973 |
Let's stop this illegal, barbaric murder.Patience and cooperation with these senseless thugs is not working. |
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2598 |
Ian Innes |
2016-08-22T17:13:20.983 |
Barbaric |
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2598 |
John Walsh |
2016-08-22T18:08:35.007 |
I am not a Scottish resident, but I often holiday there to enjoy the wildlife. If the Scottish Government were to ign... |
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2598 |
Katharine Horan |
2016-08-22T18:28:26.457 |
This industry needs to take responsibility for its impact on our environment. |
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2598 |
Patrick Taylor |
2016-08-22T19:32:16.607 |
Licensing schemes work well in other countries, why not Scotland? Any responsible estate would have nothing to fear f... |
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2598 |
Thomas Simcock |
2016-08-22T20:04:03.1 |
Something needs to be done to regulate the pheasant and grouse shooting industry, as it is getting out of control and... |
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2598 |
Elizabeth Harvey |
2016-08-22T20:13:37.533 |
One of the main reasons I tour Scotland is to see raptors, Ospreys, Golden Eagles, Hen Harriers etc. If no raptors I ... |
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2598 |
Jacqueline Smith |
2016-08-22T20:32:03.853 |
we are more than the sum of our parts |
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2598 |
Patricia Tricker |
2016-08-22T20:32:21.363 |
Killing, except in self-defence, is unacceptable. |
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2598 |
Rob M |
2016-08-22T20:56:11.867 |
Grouse management is outdated and destructive. |
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2598 |
Faye sims |
2016-08-22T20:57:22.307 |
This needs change. |
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2598 |
Sharon Hopkins |
2016-08-22T21:32:41.53 |
Why can't people take up another hobby, one that doesn't involve the killing of wildlife for fun? |
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2598 |
Suzanne Kelly |
2016-08-22T21:53:18.703 |
A complete re-think of the commercialisation of our countryside at the expense of 'inconvenient' species including ou... |
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2598 |
Lee Johnson |
2016-08-22T22:55:16.29 |
When the government are licensing the Badger cull to save cattle from BTB even though there is masses of evidence to ... |
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2598 |
Tim Gulson |
2016-08-22T22:55:53.247 |
The hunting community insist on referring to their business as an industry, like any other industry it must be regula... |
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2598 |
Linda Johnston |
2016-08-22T23:10:33.983 |
Something needs to be done to better protect species as they're clearly being persecuted now. |
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2598 |
Daniel Dennis |
2016-08-22T23:10:48.123 |
Absolutely disgraceful. Acknowledge and take action |
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2609 |
Colin Dotchin |
2016-08-26T08:20:48.833 |
To many bikes being stolen throughout all this country something has to be done |
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2609 |
Tam Louden |
2016-08-26T10:12:36.393 |
I've seen youths on stollen bikes literally hundreds of times when you call the police nothing gets done I don't call... |
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2609 |
John waugh |
2016-08-26T13:32:33.217 |
I know lots of people that have had bikes stolen including me. And find its not treated as a serious crime |
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Raymond Cameron |
2016-08-26T17:41:41.783 |
I too have encountered this in and around the Dumbarton area. |
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2609 |
Euan Daly |
2016-08-26T18:11:42.507 |
This is so important and must be heard! |
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2609 |
Natalie Marshall |
2016-08-26T19:23:58.86 |
My brother is a biker and had his bike stolen a few years ago by someone under 16. Due to his age nothing was done ab... |
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john rennie |
2016-08-26T19:45:10.57 |
It's time action was taken to deter the people from stealing motorcycles. Stiffer penalties are required. |