taylor v 109
13-03-2008, 08:50 PM
Paula Bonarius, Secretary
The Ark Wildlife Hospital
Milton Keynes
the_ark_wildlife_hospital@hotmail.com
Dear Greenwich Rabbit Rescue
We are a wildlife hospital that is very distressed by the culling of the grey squirrels in Cumbria and Northumberland. There have been over 13000 grey squirrels “CULLED” so far this year. Other areas are also trying to adopt this so called pest control.
We have set up an E-Petition with number 10 to try to find an alternative to this senseless killing. We have proof that the grey is not to blame for the demise of British woodlands, songbirds or the red squirrels.
We know how busy you are but please read this report and sign the e-petition, the link is at the end along with our contact email address. You may wish to use the link below. Please pass it on to anyone who will sign this petition and if you have a website could you post it on there.
Thank you for your support.
Paula Bonarius
From: 10 Downing Street
Subject: Your petition to the Prime Minister has been approved
Your petition has been approved by the Number 10 web team, and is now available on the Number 10 website at the following address:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Grey-Squirrels/
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Find an alternative to killing Grey Squirrels
The Grey Squirrel was brought here in the late 1800s by MAN. MAN decimated the habitat of the Red eg during the reign of William the Conqueror when Winchester Cathedral was built all the forests near Winchester were decimated in 1.5 days. Loss of habitat was the demise of the Red NOT the Grey.
Good luck to the Red and we hope he survives but thanks to man his habitat has gone and gone forever, MAN MURDERED the RED SQUIRREL in the first place and so their near extinction is an excuse to kill the Grey.
How many species are extinct due to man, the Dodo is one and others are still being hunted today? If the Grey was never brought here would they be killing the Red? The Red was eaten in our recent past. Both are RODENTS so how is one classed as VERMIN and the other not?
There are other ways of decreasing the numbers, why not allow Wildlife Hospitals etc to sterilise all the Greys they get in this will decrease the numbers quicker and humanely? Noncaptive Greys can be fed food baited with contraception drugs. By culling Greys a space develops in the ecological system = more born = more killings.
Bringing in alien animals upsets the local environment and it can never be repaired. Killing is NOT the right option.
Thanks for submitting your petition.
-- the ePetitions team
The Ark Wildlife Hospital
Milton Keynes
the_ark_wildlife_hospital@hotmail.com
Dear Greenwich Rabbit Rescue
We are a wildlife hospital that is very distressed by the culling of the grey squirrels in Cumbria and Northumberland. There have been over 13000 grey squirrels “CULLED” so far this year. Other areas are also trying to adopt this so called pest control.
We have set up an E-Petition with number 10 to try to find an alternative to this senseless killing. We have proof that the grey is not to blame for the demise of British woodlands, songbirds or the red squirrels.
We know how busy you are but please read this report and sign the e-petition, the link is at the end along with our contact email address. You may wish to use the link below. Please pass it on to anyone who will sign this petition and if you have a website could you post it on there.
Thank you for your support.
Paula Bonarius
From: 10 Downing Street
Subject: Your petition to the Prime Minister has been approved
Your petition has been approved by the Number 10 web team, and is now available on the Number 10 website at the following address:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Grey-Squirrels/
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Find an alternative to killing Grey Squirrels
The Grey Squirrel was brought here in the late 1800s by MAN. MAN decimated the habitat of the Red eg during the reign of William the Conqueror when Winchester Cathedral was built all the forests near Winchester were decimated in 1.5 days. Loss of habitat was the demise of the Red NOT the Grey.
Good luck to the Red and we hope he survives but thanks to man his habitat has gone and gone forever, MAN MURDERED the RED SQUIRREL in the first place and so their near extinction is an excuse to kill the Grey.
How many species are extinct due to man, the Dodo is one and others are still being hunted today? If the Grey was never brought here would they be killing the Red? The Red was eaten in our recent past. Both are RODENTS so how is one classed as VERMIN and the other not?
There are other ways of decreasing the numbers, why not allow Wildlife Hospitals etc to sterilise all the Greys they get in this will decrease the numbers quicker and humanely? Noncaptive Greys can be fed food baited with contraception drugs. By culling Greys a space develops in the ecological system = more born = more killings.
Bringing in alien animals upsets the local environment and it can never be repaired. Killing is NOT the right option.
Thanks for submitting your petition.
-- the ePetitions team