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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChrisKten" data-source="post: 1545349" data-attributes="member: 69033">I feel someone has to say this, so it's going to be me:Whatever people are doing (petitions, emails, letters, strong words in a forum), it's not working. I've only been in this forum a year, and I've lost count of how many BsOP have been illegally (and ignorantly) killed. The last incident hasn't even faded from memory before another happens.If you was the person that murdered this bird, would you be quaking in your boots? Or would you not give a damn?IIRC, there is a UK Government website that asks the Public for suggestions on policy,etc. More than 30,000 went on the site and voted for Gordon Brown to be replaced, last time I checked he was still PM.The Government doesn't care about emails or letters, they care about appearances. If they look bad, they act, else they just carry on with what causes less fuss to the least amount of people. Judging by recent history (Joanna Lumley and the Gurkhas) you need public protests and a famous figurehead. Then you keep getting in the Newspapers and irritate the hell out of the Government until they have no choice but to listen.Just MHO, perhaps I'm wrong and it will all stop tomorrow, or next year, or...</blockquote>