Parliament has debated the suitability of the Bisley Royal Artillery Barracks as a temporary venue for shooting sports at the 2012 Olympic Games. Read more
A new study in the science journal 'Medical and Veterinary Entomology' indicates that growth in the deer population has coincided with an increase in the number and distribution of ticks in Britain. Read more
Both major political parties - Labour and Conservative - have pledged their commitment to shooting sports at their recent annual conferences. Read more
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust have appointed Lord Salisbury as their new president. Lord Salisbury succeeds the Earl Peel, who steps down from Britain’s leading wildlife research charity after a period of eight years. Read more
The leading charity for deer welfare and management, the British Deer Society (BDS), has this week called for the government to revise legislation that allows farmers to control deer using shotguns. Read more
Kyle Burden, a 19-year-old gamekeeper formerly of the Kempton Estate in Shropshire, was handed a 26-week suspended jail sentence on September 19 this year for shooting common buzzards and killing badgers. Read more
The south east England district of the Forestry Commission have created four wildlife ponds in Burwash, east Sussex, as part of the first year of its ‘Shoot Green South East’ initiative. Read more
Canine Partners charity, specialising in providing highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities, held a fantastic day's clay shooting on Saturday 13th September. Read more
SCOTLAND'S top business people have raised a staggering £204,000 for The Prince's Trust at the charity's annual clay shoot at Auchterhouse Country Sports near Dundee. Read more
The owner of a large Scottish grouse moor has been handed out the largest financial penalty under farming legislation, after police discovered illegal pesticides on his estate. Read more
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