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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Urge the South African government to ban gin traps as a method of predator control. More details

Submitted by Leigh Allison – Deadline to sign up by: 24 April 2009 – Signatures: 221

Petition update, 12 June 2009

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Urge the South African government to ban gin traps as a method of predator control."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19610


Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

Banned in the UK for 50 years, these barbaric traps, together with other leg hold devices, poison traps and hunting dog packs are in common use by farmers. They inflict terrible injury and suffering on wildlife. From Cape Mountain leopards at the top of the food chain down to smaller predators such as caracals, jackals and eagles. Other non-lethal and ecological methods have been proven to work successfully and effectively. These include livestock-guarding animals, use of herdsmen, protective collars and fencing, live trapping and GPS tracking or relocation of leopards where they come into conflict with humans. Gin traps are completely inhumane and unnecessary when these other options are available.

Current signatories

Leigh Allison, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • Nat Queen
  • Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/noavspeedcameras/)
  • Freddie Allison
  • Ian Forrester
  • Kate Giffen
  • Barbara Meyer
  • Margot Allison
  • Pamela Turner
  • Sheila Watson
  • Gillian Emans
  • yvonne wickenden
  • Ann Regan
  • Janet Blake
  • Joan Grice
  • Susan Raymond
  • Julia Tuck
  • Simon Corcoran
  • Christine Eva
  • Jayne Vosper
  • joanna regab
  • Wendy Magill
  • Gemma Briden
  • Steven Briden
  • Janet Holloway
  • A Gilsenan
  • gordon smith
  • Andree Alexandrou
  • sandrine maccorin
  • Jane Goldberger
  • Mary Boekman
  • Shane Thom
  • ADAM VAN DEN BROEK
  • Gillian Brill
  • Cherry Baber
  • Sandra Knight
  • Margaret King
  • melanie evans
  • James Forrester
  • MARTIN HUW JAMES
  • Emily Williams
  • Rachel Eley
  • Margaret Fleming
  • Sue Cumming
  • Shane Jansen van Vuuren
  • Lee Bristow
  • Wojtek Gibinski
  • Michael Cole
  • Simon Cripps
  • Gerry Diebel
  • Keith Sutherland
  • gary fostekew
  • Sylvia Hill
  • Robin Hill
  • Mike Allwood
  • Elizabeth Alway
  • Mercedes Shipman
  • Georgia Diebel
  • Kathryn Gelder
  • Malcolm Hodges
  • Ian Ketchin
  • Mel Ketchin
  • Sam Ketchin
  • Ben Ketchin
  • barbara cathersides
  • Adam Gelder
  • Anthony Dacko
  • Anthony Dacko
  • Dorota Kluba
  • LYNNE CONNIFORD
  • LAURENCE BAGGOTT
  • Ben Pike
  • Jason Mitchell
  • Marc Borgia
  • Carol Edwards
  • Sarah Austen
  • Sean Austen
  • Mr Douglas Wilson
  • Jacqui Putnam
  • graham farrance
  • Amy Swinnerton
  • Catherine Salinger
  • Roland Webster
  • Linda Price
  • anne bliss
  • Kate Canniffe
  • Yvonne Allwood
  • Lynn Nichols
  • Lisa Russell
  • Allyson Kaufmann
  • Sue Goodwin
  • amy anderson-sanger
  • J Gilbert
  • Mark Harris
  • Mark Hurll
  • Maggie Britt
  • Philip Coady
  • christine miller
  • kim lawson
  • Fred Carey
  • Rowena Harrold
  • Candice Morgan
  • Bernard Chinnery
  • Fleur Pyves
  • Zena Fogden
  • Gail Smith
  • R.Steel
  • Ceri Willcox
  • Christina Smith
  • Alison Earnshaw (petitions.number10.gov.uk/their-rights)
  • john p. croucher
  • Jackie Bonner
  • Ronald Allison
  • Julia Timothy
  • Marcelle Shaw
  • Gemma Costin
  • PAUL ABBOTT
  • Nick Dade
  • MILES COSTIN
  • Katrina Leszczynska
  • Arthur Boyt
  • m mcgurrin
  • kevin boxall
  • Joanne Neath
  • Faye Thatcher
  • India Maddison
  • Daphne Lewis
  • Roger Clifton
  • Amanda Coote
  • rob grice
  • Stephen Regan
  • Peter & Shirley Fenn
  • Carol Sutton
  • Graham Korn
  • Lesley Korn
  • M. Cottrell
  • Lizzy Dening
  • Elisabet Taylor
  • Andrew Taylor
  • Mavis Lowe
  • Debbie Slattery
  • David Slattery
  • audrey cant
  • Corina Hawes
  • Sarah GOut
  • carmen watt
  • eleanor ashton
  • Carolyn Heath
  • Janet Heath
  • cynthia ashton
  • Lorena Walpole
  • Keith Reuben
  • Karen Reuben
  • Natalie Reuben
  • Glenn Reuben
  • Lisa Cox
  • Mick Coppin
  • Jackie Coppin
  • Shirley Bamford
  • Sue Greenaway
  • Judy Coffin
  • linda Bates
  • Peter Collins
  • Jacqueline Black
  • MATT ARCHIBALD
  • John Grice
  • STEVE WESTON
  • Sue Bailey
  • Alison Whiting
  • Wayne Elliott
  • sarah Raymond
  • Emma Haskell
  • barbara may creed
  • Joyce Dempster
  • james Creed
  • Kirsty Steer
  • sam ahmed
  • Trudy Read
  • s hartley(gov.ukprotectandserve)
  • Kayleigh Slattery
  • Leona Joiner
  • Marion Smith
  • Charles Sidey
  • Tina Thompson
  • Simeon Carroll
  • Rachael Staverley
  • Barbara Ann Ford
  • Trudie Mansukhani
  • Amir Goldberger
  • Kim Papargyriou
  • Gabriele Leiders
  • Laura Knowles
  • ann wright
  • james canniffe
  • Janis White
  • Mark Buckmaster
  • Martin Nichols
  • Sukhdeep Kainth
  • Allan Hussain
  • Harpal Lailey
  • aillyna sipovic
  • Michael Buckmaster
  • Alan Davis
  • Gillian Miller
  • Chris Miller
  • karen white
  • Emma Davies
  • Laura Dodd Wild
  • Robert Pike
  • Katie Haywood
  • Alex Sen
  • Jo Richardson
  • Sara Tollerton
  • sue mitchell
  • G Metcalfe
  • Trevor Dodd
  • Catrina Barrett
  • Carmel A. Millett
  • A Peters
  • Julie Citriniti
  • Geoffrey May

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