MORE SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO END THE GUGA HUNT - ANOTHER POST FROM PROTECT THE WILD

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Time Is Running Out to Stop the Guga Hunt DEVON DOCHERTY FEB 20 READ IN APP More than 25,000 people have now signed our petition calling on NatureScot to stop licensing the Guga hunt - the annual mass-killing of Gannet seabird chicks on the Scottish island of Sula Sgeir in the name of ‘tradition’ and local delicacy. Thank you to every single one of you who has added your name. But the truth is, it’s not enough. We know there are more of you that disagree with this abhorrent hunt. This Substack regularly receives double that amount of readership, which means thousands of people who care deeply about wildlife have not yet added their names. So we have something to ask you. On 12th March, we will travel to NatureScot’s headquarters in Inverness to deliver this petition by hand. Will you help us double the signatures by that deadline? Sign the petition 50,000 is not an arbitrary number. It is almost the entire population of Inverness. Imagine the power of delivering a petition backed by the equivalent of the entire city around them. An entire city stood together saying: enough is enough. No more baby bashing. No more jumping through hoops trying to justify the unjustifiable. No more Guga hunt. The clock is ticking. We are in a critical window. The 2025 license has expired. When the 2026 license application is received, it will be brought before NatureScot’s Board for decision. The hunters have watched the opposition swelling, and they are digging in their heels. They killed 485 chicks last year. Those lives are gone and they aren’t coming back. But we have a chance to protect their survivors if we act now. An application could land any day. When it does, NatureScot’s deliberations will move quickly behind closed doors. If we want to influence the result, we must act immediately before another licence is granted without challenge. We are meeting NatureScot We are soon meeting directly with NatureScot’s licensing team to discuss our concerns. We are prepared to escalate if no meaningful progress is made. We have a mountain of evidence to suggest they are failing to meet the evidential thresholds required when licensing this hunt. We will not hesitate to deploy that evidence through all the available channels, including legal action. The scrutiny they’ve avoided for years is now catching up with them. Together with your support, we will make sure NatureScot is finally held to account for their role in allowing this needless cruelty to continue, but we need you to act now. Sign the petition Act now Time is running out. An application is coming. A decision will follow. And once it’s made, it’s too late. We hand this petition in on 12th March. Help us to make it huge. Sign the petition if you haven’t already. Share it widely. Help us reach 50,000 before 12th March. Let’s make sure that when we walk into NatureScot HQ, we are carrying more than paper. Let’s make sure we are carrying a movement. Sign the petition SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing