A total of 22 hen harrier chicks fledge from managed grouse moors according to RSPB figures , these were from five different nests on Moorland in the Forest of Bowland. Curlew numbers are only growing on keepered grouse moors according to GWCT. Oh I am so surprised (not) that Chris conveniently forgot to mention these facts and from the man who wants to protect corvids that decimate nests.

Thank you, Chris. Yours and the work of Wild Justice will make a change, I'm sure of it. Proud to follow you and be an "extremist with a dangerous agenda".

Well done Chris and Wild Justice for all you do! This appalling state of affairs has been allowed to go on for far too long - why !!? The only thing to do with driven grouse shooting is BAN IT !!

Signed, good luck and thanks for bringing to our attention, shame you can't raise these issues on the BBC.

Pleas go speak to a game keeper, before you make up you're mind and see just what they do to protect the moor, it's what I did speak to them with respect and manner's and they will answer your questions. Then you can make an informed decision.

Well said Chris ..Days of shooting should be over ..No need for such ,*

Well done Chris

Thank you for all your work Chris - hope you post more videos on KZfaq.

We are all fed up, well said chris 👏👏

God, you wouldn’t leave your children around him unsupervised would you ?

Packham is the very reason i and hopefully many more people cancel their tv licences.

Signed. 🤘🏼

Fwee Bwian!

Guys Bradford council have been mowing the moor during nesting season.

More animals like sheep and cattle are being killed and worked so much they die and the grouse and weasels and all the other animals live better and happier lives also foxes are a threat to not just endangered ground nesting birds but to the eagles to the grouse so they need to be controlled

Packam is wasting everyone's time. Driven grouse shooting is never going to be banned just because of the illegal actions of a few. There's a massive economy around shooting, and too many influential people involved.

I think the Gov's response to this pathetic petition highlights Peckers lack of awareness and inability to see the wider picture.

Do you really think that gamekeepers would kill the eagles on their own estate? Really? Do you think they would be that stupid? And how does Packham know they have been killed? It's just their trackers which are not responding, which happens far more than he will tell you. What about the red grouse estate in Yorkshire that was blamed for the disappearance of a hen harrier, which then reappeared of few weeks later, their was no "sorry we were wrong to blame the gamekeepers" (again), no just said nothing. Also, I know Packham has a loathing of keepered moors, but why does he always say that they are just a mono culture of just red grouse? He can not be that stupid, I think he just does not want to admit it as it would go against his wanting to ban grouse shooting. Where I live, next door to a keepered grouse moor, I have hundreds of wading birds nesting every spring, Lapwing, Oyster catchers, Curlews, Red shanks, Green shanks, Snipe, when else where in the country their numbers are dropping. Why? Because of gamekeepers keeping vermin numbers down, not only protects red and black grouse, but all other ground nesting birds.

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Why shoot birds anyway. Are the one hundred forty million chicken's a day not enough 🤔 keep on shouting 📢

Google knows who's smartphone were at that location and time of disappearing.

So how do you propose that the rural communities survive without the income generated from shooting?

Sorry to hear of your loss. Yes, but in what way would be an alternative to that fashion of Land Management ? To me, I was never invited to go shooting much more than a target . And, my initiative was only to shoot in the countryside. But , it was trouble anyway. And certainly guns are not tolerated for long, in the city ! But, more guns might create a more polite society. But throwing all that lead around does sound a bit mad, and also even throwing copper is not that healthy either on later reflection. But if some mad lead throwing loons want to do that, not many could stop them ! And, it's a countryside thing really. Sure, if the land was for sale. Just what , might someone do, to make more money than having a grouse shoot ? They cleared The Highlands perhaps for sheep to live there , but surely Crofting coaxed more out of the land ? Removing shooting maybe is the first stage in. Starting, a bit of bullying and domination. For, folks to get hysterical about a missing Eagle ? I am sorry to hear of the loss of your feathered friend !

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National treasure needs a knighthood

Bye bye Charlie . You should have got Charlie relocated mate . Trap these birds and get them relocated to non shooting area s . Sure that would solve the problem .

I was shocked to hear about the Golden Eagles as well. I have no doubt they were shot out of the sky. Pulling up Auchnafree estate on Google maps shows really one road on to where the eagles disappeared and I doubt very much Joe Public would be going there with a 4X4 or surely the estate owners would be out to see what they were up to. I'm assuming the raptors disappear in high numbers around the time the grouse chicks are running around, making them easy prey for raptors who probably also have mouths to feed back on their nests? Can't have any threat to the upcoming festival (sic) on the 12th? Police should have looked closely at tyre tread marks on the ground, mobile phone signals, if there is a signal out there, to see whose phones were logged in and the time, and a forensic examination of estates 4X4's (blood, feathers, bits of plastic). Might not prove anything but a few people could be "sweating under their collar". Penalties need to be strong (jail), lifetime revoke of the gun license, to send a shock wave through the estate mangers, groundsmen due to the ease they get away with these crimes. Grouse shooting should go the way of fox hunting, smoking etc in being socially unacceptable in today's society. I can understand the need of estate owners to keep predator numbers down, but that's not the case here.

Carnt say for shaw !!!!!!!!!!!!!