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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kb57" data-source="post: 3395349" data-attributes="member: 133932">I do appreciate the difference between driven and rough / walk-up grouse shooting, and signed the petition.  Received the following response from DEFRA:<a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003?reveal_response=yes" target="_blank">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003?reveal_response=yes</a>According to DEFRA, 'grouse shooting takes place in upland areas, which are important for delivering a range of valuable “ecosystem services”, including food and fibre, water regulation, carbon storage, biodiversity, and recreational opportunities for health and wellbeing'.  So drainage and muirburn to support artificially high grouse numbers don't affect water regulation, carbon storage or biodiversity...hmmmYou'll be pleased to know that hen harriers will be fine too, because (to quote again) 'the Defra led Upland Stakeholder Forum hen harrier sub-group published the Joint action plan to increase the English hen harrier population'.</blockquote>