Woodcock petition: Thank you for such a strong start to our petition seeking shortening of the Woodcock shooting season. We have already passed 17,000 signatures and we are still in the first month. Take a look at the hotspots for signatures - click here - do you live in one of them?
Defra have responded to the petition and their response is utterly hopeless - in fact it isn't really a response.
Chris has written to the Petitions Committee asking them to seek a proper response from Defra - click here. We'd ask you to do something too - please write to your MP and tell them that you signed the petition and you are dissatisfied with the government response because it isn't really a response to what the petition asks. Ask your MP to seek a specific answer from Defra as to why they refuse to adjust the shooting season for Woodcock when even the pro-shooting GWCT want shooting to be delayed until December. The Defra response is, as Chris wrote, vague and evasive, and they should not be allowed to get away with it. Getting lots of letters from MPs, including from yours, may make them think again. Thank you.
We'll be promoting the petition hard over the coming months - this is an important issue and a very simple, cheap and effective thing for Defra to do. Remember, in theory Defra is on the side of wildlife!
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