Woodcock petition debate: through the looking glass with the shooting lobby
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On the 27th of February, Parliament debated petition 619615 'Limit the shooting season of Woodcock', which was launched by Wild Justice and signed by 107, 916 members of the public. The petition asked that the (so-called) shooting season for Woodcock, a species in serious decline here, should be moved back from 01 October (it starts on 01 Sept in Scotland) to 01 December to 'protect' resident birds as by then some Woodock from the much larger eastern and northern Europe populations will have arrived in the UK to avoid harsh winters and (in theory) will be shot instead. The Defra Secretary of State has powers to vary the shooting season. We have already written our opinion against shooting Woodcock in
Woodcock petition debate: through the looking glass with the shooting lobby
Woodcock petition debate: through the looking…
Woodcock petition debate: through the looking glass with the shooting lobby
On the 27th of February, Parliament debated petition 619615 'Limit the shooting season of Woodcock', which was launched by Wild Justice and signed by 107, 916 members of the public. The petition asked that the (so-called) shooting season for Woodcock, a species in serious decline here, should be moved back from 01 October (it starts on 01 Sept in Scotland) to 01 December to 'protect' resident birds as by then some Woodock from the much larger eastern and northern Europe populations will have arrived in the UK to avoid harsh winters and (in theory) will be shot instead. The Defra Secretary of State has powers to vary the shooting season. We have already written our opinion against shooting Woodcock in