That appalling photo doing the rounds on Tuesday of a young golden eagle in flight but doomed to die painfully of exhaustion and starvation with its leg crushed by an illegally set trap still attached, complete with its chain seems to have galvanised a lot of people to sign Chris Packham's new and quite robustly worded petition calling for an end to driven grouse shooting. The petition went from zero to 20,000 plus in its first two days and, at the time of writing this, was up around 39,600 signatures.
You can add your voice to the petition at hhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266770ttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266770
Please do so and spread the word.
If you really want to see the photo (it's not pretty) see Raptor Persecution UK eagle with trap
"Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."
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Kind regards, Ann
Now at 91134. It's going up fast.
Unknown said:Will Parliament have time to discuss it before the 31st of October?!
Sadly, I doubt that matters as it is most unlikely to be reviewed positively - not enough money or influence involved to go against the landowners and shooters and their party donations.
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