This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Oppose the removal of the general licences by Natural England. (GL04, 05 & 06)
Today (23.04.2019) Natural England announced they will be removing the general licence numbers GL04, GL05 and GL06.
This will impact farming and country communities alike. The general licences have enabled people to humanely dispatch pest species for many years and is proven to be effective.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258922
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