John Armitage, Islay resident and former RSPB employee, has created an e-petition calling for the licencing of upland grouse moors and gamekeepers, in an attempt to reduce levels of illegal raptor persecution. It was mentioned and linked to by Martin Harper in his blog on tackling wildlife crime yesterday. With 12 days to go, just over 900 signatures are currently needed to hit the 10,000 mark that would trigger an official response from the Government. John's petition can be found at the below link.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46473