Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
2598 Juliet Robinson 2016-08-22T09:55:46.943 This has to stop, now!
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?
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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!
2598 Sheila Baxter 2016-08-22T12:55:35.667 Rich people killing wild life for fun has nothing to do with preservation.
2598 Juliette Ellis 2016-08-22T12:59:25.613 Agree strongly that licensing (and enforcement) must improve on the current situation.
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...
2598 Elisabeth Ritter 2016-08-22T14:03:08.003 There should not be any bird- hunting at all!
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...
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.
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.
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.
2598 Paul Chandler 2016-08-22T16:20:09.36 This should be consigned to history where it belongs
2598 Ken Billington 2016-08-22T16:20:44.453 Scottish Government should control game bird hunting and shooting industry.
2598 Angela Scott- henderson 2016-08-22T16:28:19.66 Stop before its too late.
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...
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...
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...
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.
2598 Ian Innes 2016-08-22T17:13:20.983 Barbaric
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...
2598 Katharine Horan 2016-08-22T18:28:26.457 This industry needs to take responsibility for its impact on our environment.
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...
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...
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 ...
2598 Jacqueline Smith 2016-08-22T20:32:03.853 we are more than the sum of our parts
2598 Patricia Tricker 2016-08-22T20:32:21.363 Killing, except in self-defence, is unacceptable.
2598 Rob M 2016-08-22T20:56:11.867 Grouse management is outdated and destructive.
2598 Faye sims 2016-08-22T20:57:22.307 This needs change.
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?
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
2598 Daniel Dennis 2016-08-22T23:10:48.123 Absolutely disgraceful. Acknowledge and take action
2609 Colin Dotchin 2016-08-26T08:20:48.833 To many bikes being stolen throughout all this country something has to be done
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...
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
2631 Raymond Cameron 2016-08-26T17:41:41.783 I too have encountered this in and around the Dumbarton area.
2609 Euan Daly 2016-08-26T18:11:42.507 This is so important and must be heard!
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...
2609 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.