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<strong>The first social study of grouse shooting highlights the major contribution made by the sport to rural communities</strong>
<strong>Selena Masson joins a group of guinea-pig Guns for the opening day of a traditional shoot in the ancient oak woodlands of the Kent Weald</strong>
A possible ban on the sale of woodpigeons has been averted - following swift action by BASC.
Scottish crofters have rejected the preliminary findings of Scottish Natural Heritage’s £100,000 study into sea eagle predation.
<strong>From rabbits to top-class patridges, Buccleuch Estates has sport to suit all-comers</strong>
<strong>Dr Adam Smith believes the current preoccupation with re-wilding puts the extraordinary conservation value of our unique managed landscapes at risk</strong>
<strong>The Scottish Government is to issue new guidelines to help gamekeepers guard gamebirds from protected predators</strong>
<strong>Shooting groups have welcomed new research showing that game was eaten on 31.7million occasions last year</strong>
<strong>More than 10 per cent of all MPs have now signed an early day motion calling on the Government to ban the rearing of gaembirds for sport</strong>
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