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PE01850: Natural flood prevention on grouse moors

Environment Energy

Petitioner: Les Wallace

Status:
Open

Closing Date for Online Petition: 04 March 2021

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make the use of natural flood prevention methods a condition for obtaining a grouse moor licence.

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Do you agree that a licencing system should be put in place to prevent damage to homes and that livelihoods downstream aren’t compromised in order to shoot more grouse?

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Peter McHugh

11:40 on 25 Jan 2021

Burning moorland is outrageous

Lance Moore

10:31 on 25 Jan 2021

Considering any future land use must benefit the many, not the few as at present.

Paul Fisher

10:24 on 25 Jan 2021

Why are arable farmers not allowed to burn stubble and straw, when grouse moors can burn heather?

Roger Sanderson

10:16 on 25 Jan 2021

I'd rather that driven grouse shooting was banned, but a strong set of licence conditions to limit the damage to biodiversity and the environment may be an acceptable start.

Alex Milne

9:54 on 25 Jan 2021

If we consider ourselves to be civilised this needs to be done with some urgency.

Peter Kemp

10:24 on 24 Jan 2021

The future of our wildlife, our wild places and our climate is at stake. Grouse moors are for the benefit of a privileged few, but are detrimental to the environment and the majority of people. We are at a crucial time and must put the environment before profit and bloodlust.

Judith Jones

23:51 on 23 Jan 2021

An absolute yes, rather than as now degrading the land as at present.

David Pritchard

16:05 on 23 Jan 2021

I live near Hebden bridge in Yorkshire, this is the same scenario that happens here, a fantastic group of people called siow the flow find natural ways to do just that. Unfortunately much of their hard work is undone, by having a intensely managed grouse moor at the head of the valley at Walshaw. Owned by the rich for the rich and sod everybody downstream of them.

peter regan

14:11 on 23 Jan 2021

Peoples homes come before shooting grouse. The moorland used for shooting should be returned to natural state to keep water from flooding down stream from the moorland.

Stewart Love

19:36 on 22 Jan 2021

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