Ilkley Moor has been free of guns and shooting for the past decade, but Bradford Council are set to change this and are considering re-issuing licenses for local shoots to use the public-moorland for their disgusting 'sport'.

In a month's time, the council are set to make their decision and decide the fate of Ilkley Moor - either shooting hundreds of thousands of wild grouse in a cruel bloodsport; or just say no to this mindless killing.

Anyone who has been on the moors know it is a good and peaceful walk with magnificent views of the Yorkshire town of Ilkley; and a range of undisturbed wildlife. The shooters wanting to use the land claim it will help with conservation, but it has been well documented that the bloodsport does more harm than good.

Please contact the council and ask for no wildlife massacre to happen on the land; and re-post this message:


SAMPLE LETTER:
"Dear Sir / Madam,
I was disgusted to hear that Bradford Council are considering the re-issuing of grouse shooting licenses for Ilkley Moor.

It has been well documented that shooting is a cruel bloodsport and is only a way of making money for those involved. Birds are simply blasted out of the sky, after being frightened by beaters from the undergrowth around, and many hit the ground still alive as a 'clean-shot' is hard to get on a moving creature.

Given that a small group of shooters can kill up to 500 birds a day, many of the victims are not actually eaten. According to an editorial in Country Life magazine (February 1, 2001) some of the ‘surplus’ is buried in specially dug holes. Added to these casualties are the numerous unretrieved birds who die slowly from their gunshot wounds, out of sight of the guns."

Please do not re-issue shooting licenses on Ilkley Moor,
Yours Sincerely,"



BRADFORD METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
City Hall,
Centenary Square,
Bradford, BD1 1HY
Tel: 01274 432111 / 01274 431000 / 01274 437866 / 01274 432772
Text Message: 07786 208100
 info@bradford.gov.uk


:: MAYOR ::
Robin Ernest Owens
Tel: 01274 432276
Mobile: 07730 300852
 robin.owens@bradford.gov.uk

:: ILKLEY COUNCILLORS ::
Anne Gillian Hawkesworth
Tel: 01274 432080
Fax: 01943 600651
Mobile: 07860 856203
 anne.hawkesworth@bradford.gov.uk

Colin George Powell
Mobile: 07717 108217
 colin.powell@bradford.gov.uk

Brian Martin Smith
Tel: 01943 602178
Mob: 07748 931942
 martin.smith@bradford.gov.uk


:: OTHER BRADFORD COUNCILLORS ::

John Cole
 john.cole@bradford.gov.uk

Roger L'Amie
 roger.lamie@bradford.gov.uk

Val Townend
 val.townend@bradford.gov.uk

Doreen Lee
 doreen.lee@bradford.gov.uk

Steve Pullen
 steve.pullen@bradford.gov.uk

Malcolm Slater
 malcolm.slater@bradford.gov.uk

Colin Mathew Gill
Fax: 01274 510099
 colin.gill@bradford.gov.uk

David Heseltine
 david.heseltine@bradford.gov.uk

Sandra Haigh
Mob: 07939 466909
 sandra.haigh@bradford.gov.uk

Catherine Rowen
Mob: 07771 530834
 catherine.rowen@bradford.gov.uk

Angela Sinfield
Mob: 07922 512917
 angela.sinfield@bradford.gov.uk

Simon Cooke
 simon.cooke@bradford.gov.uk

Ellen Margaret Eaton
Tel: 01274 437580
 margaret.eaton@bradford.gov.uk

Michael Ellis
Tel: 015600 763876
Fax: 01535 271041
Mob: 07976 753592
 michael.ellis@bradford.gov.uk

Ian Greenwood
Tel: 01274 432084
 ian.greenwood@bradford.gov.uk

Naveeda Ikram
Mob: 07792 581128
 naveeda.ikram@bradford.gov.uk

Sher Khan
Mob: 07957 326875
 sher.khan@bradford.gov.uk

Margaret Chadwick
Tel: 01274 432088
 margaret.chadwick@bradford.gov.uk

David Weston Gray
 cllr.davidgray@bradford.gov.uk

Howard Middleton
Tel: 01274 432088
 howard.middleton@bradford.gov.uk

Shabir Hussain
Mob: 07976 786420
 shabir.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Qasim Khan
Tel: 01274 729058
Mob: 07989 298210
 qasim.khan@bradford.gov.uk

Mohammed Ishrat Mirza
Mob: 07837 039583
 mohammed.mirza@bradford.gov.uk

Mohammed Jamil
Mob: 07885 493440
 mohammed.jamil@bradford.gov.uk

Rupert Oliver
Mob: 07715 161523
 rupert.oliver@bradford.gov.uk

Zameer Hussain Shah
Mob: 07904 159444
 zameer.shah@bradford.gov.uk

Lynda Cromie
07745 683112
Mob:  lynda.cromie@bradford.gov.uk

Paul Cromie
Mob: 07774 277600
 paul.cromie@bradford.gov.uk

Michael Walls
Mob: 07742 092831
 michael.walls@bradford.gov.uk

Riaz Ahmed
Mob: 07971 602245
 cllr.riazahmed@bradford.gov.uk

Ghazanfer Khaliq
Mob: 07889 967647
 ghazanfer.khaliq@bradford.gov.uk

Mohammed Shafiq
Mob: 07904 120986
 mohammed.shafiq@bradford.gov.uk

Val Slater
 val.slater@bradford.gov.uk

Andrew Thornton
 andrew.thornton@bradford.gov.uk

Gill Thornton
Mob: 07759 809902
 gill.thornton@bradford.gov.uk

Munir Ahmed
Mob: 07852 128780
 munir.ahmed@bradford.gov.uk

Sajawal Hussain
Mob: 07782 166376
 sajawal.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Shakeela Lal
Mob: 07985 618076
 shakeela.lal@bradford.gov.uk

Hawarun Hussain
 hawarun.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Martin John Love
Mob: 07765 896855
 martin.love@bradford.gov.uk

Kevin Robert Warnes
MOb: 07788 406168
 kevin.warnes@bradford.gov.uk

Elaine Byrom
 elaine.byrom@bradford.gov.uk

Adrian Longthorn
Tel: 01274 402222
Fax: 01274 402211
MOb: 07786 660510
 adrian.longthorn@bradford.gov.uk

David Servant
Mob: 07818 438750
 david.servant@bradford.gov.uk

Valerie Binney
 valerie.binney@bradford.gov.uk

Michael Evan McCabe
Mob: 07791 934414
 michael.mccabe@bradford.gov.uk

Clive Richardson
 clive.richardson@bradford.gov.uk

Michael Kelly
Tel: 0113 2373067
Mob: 07971 149569
 michael.kelly@bradford.gov.uk

Andrew Mallinson
Mob: 07971 274785
 andrew.mallinson@bradford.gov.uk

Amir Hussain
Tel: 01274 483778
Mob: 07958 551756
 amir.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Arshad Hussain
Mob: 07876 038272
 arshad.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Imran Hussain
Mob: 07765 220894
 cllr.imranhussain@bradford.gov.uk

Carol Ann Beardmore
 carol.beardmore@bradford.gov.uk

Colin McPhee
Mob: 07917 028109
 colin.mcphee@bradford.gov.uk

Dorothy Ann Wallace
 ann.wallace@bradford.gov.uk

James Anthony Cairns
Tel: 01274 432072
Fax: 01274 721620
Mob: 07703 130826
 tony.cairns@bradford.gov.uk

Michael Johnson
Mob: 07786 126199
 michael.johnson@bradford.gov.uk

John Ruding
 john.ruding@bradford.gov.uk

Joanne Dodds
 joanne.dodds@bradford.gov.uk

Paul John Flowers
 paul.flowers@bradford.gov.uk

John Derek Godward
Mob: 07901 715644
 john.godward@bradford.gov.uk

Christopher Ian Greaves
Mob: 07730 300847
 chris.greaves@bradford.gov.uk

Matt Palmer
 matt.palmer@bradford.gov.uk

Dale Smith
Tel: 01274 434693
Mob: 07801 669780
 dale.smith@bradford.gov.uk

John Stanley King
 johnstanley.king@bradford.gov.uk

Rizwan Malik
Tel: 01274 575555
Mob: 07968 110095
 rizwan.malik@bradford.gov.uk

Mohammad Masood
Mob: 07789 774141
 mohammad.masood@bradford.gov.uk

Ralph David Ritchie Berry
Mob: 07976 382993
 ralph.berry@bradford.gov.uk

David Green
Tel: 01274 777821
Mob: 07876 038279
 david.green@bradford.gov.uk

Lynne Smith
Mob: 07951 513908
 lynne.smith@bradford.gov.uk

Alun Griffiths
 alun.griffiths@bradford.gov.uk

Jeanette Sunderland
 jeanette.sunderland@bradford.gov.uk

David Ward
Tel: 01132 833466
Fax: 01132 833111
Mob: 07885 579986
 david.ward@bradford.gov.uk

Vanda Greenwood
Mob: 07866 110583
 vanda.greenwood@bradford.gov.uk

Phillip Thornton
Tel: 01274 432527
Fax: 01274 432349
Mob: 07949 094972
 phillip.thornton@bradford.gov.uk

John Watmough
Mob: 07939 402413
 john.watmough@bradford.gov.uk

Peter Henry Hill
Tel: 01535 644868
Mob: 07836 363136
 peter.hill@bradford.gov.uk

Kristan Frederick Hopkins
Tel: 01274 432079
 kris.hopkins@bradford.gov.uk

Glen Miller
Mob: 07971 274814

Shamim Akhtar
Mob: 07858 826765
 shamim.akhtar@bradford.gov.uk

Zafar Ali
Mob: 07940 741438
 zafar.ali@bradford.gov.uk

Khadim Hussain
Mob: 07968 055787
 khadim.hussain@bradford.gov.uk

Sarah Ferriby
 sarah.ferriby@bradford.gov.uk

David Alexander Robinson
 cllr.davidrobinson@bradford.gov.uk

David Warburton
Tel: 01274 421407
Mob: 07774 505988
 david.warburton@bradford.gov.uk



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