Be a hero for wildlife
We’re giving you the opportunity to send a huge message to a small, senior team of civil servants in Brussels who are responsible for reviewing the laws that underpin all protection for our wildlife.
It’s your chance to let them know how much you love wildlife, and how much you want our rare animals and plants to stay protected. This is more than a petition, or simply hitting a ‘like’ button. We’re using the European Commission’s own online (and not well advertised) public consultation system and we’re going to turn it into a megaphone for everyone who loves wildlife.
We’re inviting you to join with supporters of charities across Europe to say you want wildlife to remain protected. Use the window below, it only takes a few seconds.
We’re hoping you’ll be one of more than a hundred thousand people sending a response. It will be the biggest surprise the European Commission has ever received. It will give them a message they can’t ignore – that lots of us love animals, plants and natural places and you can’t just quietly remove their legal protections.
Both the key European nature Directives are under review: that’s the Birds Directive which stops rare birds from being killed and the Habitats Directive which protects other species like otters, bats and orchids. Both Directives also protect areas that are important homes for these wildlife, including many wetlands.
This isn’t about the UK being in or out of Europe, it’s much bigger than that. The Directives were designed to protect the long term future of our wildlife against short term economic and political pressure – which is what is happening now. This is about standing up for protections we already have and not letting them be whittled away for short-term political gain.
