Ban Grouse Shooting Petition.

[melv16]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266770
Please sign to end this barbaric practice.

[tonyav]

Hope this hasn't got anything to do with grouse moor gamekeepers.
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/appeal-after-golden-eagle-spotted-in-north-east-with-trap-on-its-leg/?utm_source=facebook&;fbclid=IwAR2RCF7AikxyOE95ovp4BZ2pDHL5gmpRV40aGBhpPlAI2fPzm6hegnM7TCI

[Mamyalynne]

Re Halal slaughter, I imagine may would sign.

Chatterati, that's all of us including you then?

Or is it a veiled insult?

[vetuste_ennemi]

R etrocop, I had your post in mind.

[Mamyalynne]

Tony, hope they can find and save the eagle.

[tonyav]

So do I Mamya, otherwise a slow lingering death for that poor majestic bird of prey I recon.

[Mamyalynne]

Dreadful thought, but yes, you're right.

[Old_Geezer]

Seems to me it's not the shooting of food per se, the grouse is with the industry that surrounds it, and it's highly questionable practices. Maybe that's where the discussion should be.

[woofgang]

OG that's what i said on the early bird thread.

[andres]

The main reason for banning grouse shooting for me would be that it is the fact that human beings take pleasure in killing a living being. These beautiful birds are literally driven to their deaths by the beaters. How can that be called a sport?

[melv16]

Not a good two days for the hunting fraternity. First the eagle with a trap on its leg, then this
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leicestershire-49333025?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQA#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

[Mamyalynne]

Not good at all.

[New Judge]

//Not a good two days for the hunting fraternity. First the eagle with a trap on its leg, then this //

A week or two ago I saw a woman knocked over by a bicycle as she crossed the road. She was, as far as I could see, quite badly hurt. Should cycling be banned? Stuff happens.

[melv16]

That's an accident, NJ. The other instances were deliberate law breaking!

[melv16]

All of the below reports and pictures occur on shooting estates.
https://raptorpolitics.org.uk/2019/08/15/driven-grouse-shooting-must-be-brought-to-an-end-see-some-of-the-reason-why-below/

[tonyav]

Horrific pictures, melv. Pity these scum bags don't get caught in their own traps.

[tonyav]

And so the 'Toffs' can have the pleasure of blasting some wild ( not ) game birds out of the sky. Very sad people imo.

[melv16]

My thoughts exactly, Tony.

[andy-hughes]

retrocop - // I suppose if people enjoy eating Grouse they would prefer them hooked through their legs, hung up on a rack and have their throats cut so they slowly bleed to death.They don't feel trauma or pain cos a nice man intones a prayer in foreign to ease their suffering. I would certainly have a grouse about that. //

Putting forward one inhumane method of slaughter does not, unfortunately, negate another.

For every grouse that dies instantly when shot, I am sure there are dozens more that die an agonising death having been wounded by incompetent shooters.

[andy-hughes]

NJ - // A week or two ago I saw a woman knocked over by a bicycle as she crossed the road. She was, as far as I could see, quite badly hurt. Should cycling be banned? Stuff happens. //

I am surprised at your poor analogy, you are usually far better equipped to argue a point than that.

Yes, people going about their daily business do have accidents, but birds going about theirs are not shot by accident - your comparison is invalid.

[Mozz71]

Christ alive Melv, anyone who sees those pics and still believes that these practices are acceptable needs their heads examining.

Or throwing in a stink trap.