Petition to ban sky lanterns

[willowbank]

Signed ok..

Willowbank

 

[Shootgun]

Done

 

[starr shot]

Signed Hope this gets done

 

[Jura]

Done

 

[old keeper]

Signed

 

[bottletopbill]

done

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

@Conor O'Gorman
is this something that BASC can get behind?
Thanks, iain

Thanks. I will raise this with colleagues. We supported the 2021 campaign.

There was a SD discussion here that illustrated mixed views on the topic:

Sky Lanterns national ban

BASC is among 18 rural organisations calling for a national ban on sky lanterns in a joint letter submitted by the National Farmers Union to Environment Minister, Rebecca Pow. Sky lanterns cause wildfires and kill and injure livestock. Further restrictions on their use are long overdue. Once...

www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk

 

[Basil H]

Another menace is portable barbecues - but harder to ban.