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Were now up to 176 signatures. Come on guys.

Cheers Frank, I already did it this morning, am just waiting on a reply. Had some interesting feedback today and some excellent news and some possible alliances but can't say too much because of RSPB spies. But we are now stepping it up a gear we now have 173 signatures. Keep em coming guys.

Many thanks mate. 163 signatures so far. Keep checking our website for more updates.

Well done mate, many thanks. Were 160 signatures at the moment, come on guys we have took this lying down for too long. We need to take this action all the way, we need all the unions to take notice, because if us fanciers are not bothered, then why should they be. 161 signatures, how many fanciers in the country?

Well done mate,it's appreciated. Come on e guys, we need to keep this going if we are to anywhere with this action.

Cheers guys, were on 157 now.

Well done mate, Thanks

Cheers guys 126 signatures up to now. Keep them coming.

Thanks mate, the signatures are coming in now. Thanks for your support

Well done and many thanks to you all. I believe we can do this, so get ready for the long haul. Much has been done already and this is just the start. This is action by the fanciers themselves.

Your right once again Darren. But it's early days yet and we are just rallying the troops so to speak. But we do the need the backing of all the unions and the thing that is of the utmost importance, is that they all agree. Nor do we let them take over what we have started, it needs to be overseen by the fanciers themselves and start building this from the grass roots upwards, because we know exactly what happens when its the other way around. This action may fail, but it won't be from the lack of trying. If it does begin to gain some momentum then we will have to organise ourselves and involve as many people as we can. I'm sure funding wouldn't be a problem, but I would hate to them misappropriated as I think the fanciers have ripped off enough over the years. We now have 97 signatures in less than 24 hours. Lets hope this can keep up.

Thanks guys we now have 96 signatures, I have just updated the website and will keep you informed every step of the way. I am now just waiting for a call from Stewart Wardrop, just to see how we stand with RPRA, he hasn't signed the petition though.

I too use a box, as this stops the amorous stock cocks trying to drive them.

Cheers guys, that the spirit. 77 signatures day one.

I have now managed to get a petition in place and its now up and running For those who have already signed it, Many Thanks My link Come on guys we need your support if we are going to get anywhere with this action.

Your bang on it Darren and your miles ahead of me. I have a few skills which I am drawing upon. These are media skills and believe me I'm going to pull out all the stops to bring this matter to the attention to the public, the press and other media. I'm even warming to the Idea that was mentioned earlier about a demonstration with pigeon transporters. I know it would take some organising, but I dare say it could be done. But I do believe we have to have to play it like our opponent and make this as high profile as possible, making full use of any publicity that we can get.

But at the end of the day, we are not asking for them to have mass culls. On the contrary, we are asking for a solution to the problem. Even if it means supplying food sources indirectly. There is always a solution to any problem, but it's just finding it. But obviously the urban sparrowhawk is becoming a huge problem. It would be good if we could all take a year off racing and keep all of our birds in. But I don't suppose this would happen. Surely they must be aware of the implications for overpopulating any species. I would think that if pigeon racing was suspended for a year, then they would turn their attention to game birds and wildfowl and maybe opening up another can of worms.

I know mate and know how these things work. Over the years I have worked closely with various agencies and know how devious they can be. I was talking with a friend of mine an ex gamekeeper for many years, he was telling me how to about the action that I am taking and all the legal implications. So I have to tread carefully. He reckons it can be done. He was telling me how the BASC, WAGBI and the Farmers Union, backed him.

Well done mate, every credit to you.

Spot on mate and I'm in full agreement. I do think that the RPRA hold the key. I've had an email off Stewart Wardrop today about my website. So I'm going to ring him tomorrow, I might be in for a bollocking, but at least we are making the right noises.

That's what I'm talking about mate. At least you made the effort to do something and I applaud you for your efforts. The fancy itself, is open to much criticism. Because they moan and groan and say things like something has to be done. But very rarely do they actually motivate themselves to do something about. When you take a serious look at how many fanciers there are in the British Isles, there is a hell of a lot. Imagine the might that sort of number would have. It would have some considerable clout. We could do with one person to collect all these half finished petitions together and collate all the names together and keep pushing these petitions. At the end of the day, we are only a few individuals and without the might of the whole fancy behind us, we are nothing. I already applied for one of those petitions and never got a reply, let alone a rejection.

Excellent points made there and I agree, we should all be seen to be working together. We also need all the organisations to rethink all their strategies, as we all have a common goal. All their previous strategies have seemed to have gone stale and just don't seem to be having any serious impact.

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I agree wholeheartedly mate.

What you say is true and something should be clearly be done about it. But from my point of view that's a different argument and if the powers that be. Would take greater steps to fight natural diseases like Trichomonosis, which has affected the wild bird population, with might I add with devastating effects in 2006/07/08/09. Urge every home owner to reinstate hedgerows with have been steadily torn out and replaced with wooden fences. Then maybe a lot of favourite garden species may return and grace our gardens once more, because they have lost their natural habitats, with the removal of hedgerows. Demonstrations would work as well as the sending of hundreds and thousands of letters and emails, to the pigeon unions, to local MP's. The best thing about it is that it can all be done be for free. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely sympathetic to the plight of our wild birds. But for me this is another issue.