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Memorial service for gundog trainer John Wagstaff

A memorial service is being held for professional gundog trainer, John Wagstaff. Read more

Countryside Alliance reissues guidance on dealing with saboteurs

The Countryside Alliance has reissued copies of its guidance booklet, Saboteurs and Shooting. Read more

Climate change blamed for waning bird numbers

A new report investigating bird populations, by a group of organisations including the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the RSPB, has highlighted a doubling of 39 different species of waterbirds, ducks, geese and wading birds overwintering in the UK in the last three decades. Read more

Rabbits breeding like rabbits

Pest controllers up and down the UK are battling against an unusually fecund rabbit population this summer. Read more

GCT course to open the debate on red grouse in Wales

The Game Conservancy Trust (GCT) will be staging an event on September 10 to assess the future of red grouse in Wales. Read more

New outbreak sites test negative

DEFRA has announced that preliminary tests for foot-and-mouth disease on livestock at the two latest sites are negative. Read more

Foot and mouth alerts at Chessington and Kent

Farmers and government vets hang in the balance as they wait to discover whether or not foot and mouth has hit a farm in Romney Marsh and Chessington World of Adventures. Read more

Foot-and-mouth suspected in Kent

A suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth has been announced on a farm in Kent. Read more

Sporting Gun Show gallery

The Sporting Gun show, held at Althorp in Northamptonshire, was visited by over 10,000 people last weekend. Falconry displays, gundog scurries and the live debates ensured that there was plenty for everyone. Read more