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Defra’s two-month evidence-gathering exercise on gamebird rearing, release and shooting in England opens today, and BASC is already calling it a fight for the future of shooting
The July judgment that Natural England acted unlawfully over gamebird release licensing now takes effect immediately, after Mr Justice Ritchie refused the regulator leave to appeal and awarded BASC it...
Keepers and shoot managers from the High Weald to Galloway could be sharing their coverts with the recovering predator, a Europe-wide habitat model suggests
Ten years of GWCT monitoring at Martin Down and Allenford shows red-listed farmland birds recovering across 13,500 hectares, with gamekeepers' predation management part of the recipe
The association is pressing the Scottish Government for a commencement date for the trap provisions, which will make approved training compulsory for anyone setting spring or corvid traps
An Opinium poll for the Regional Moorland Groups finds 41% favour controlled burning, cutting and grazing against 32% for natural processes, with support strongest in rural seats
BASC Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates give a cautious welcome to a Programme for Government that promises rural legislation but stays silent on muirburn a fortnight before licensing begins
At least 18 recess questions on burning licences, shotgun certificate backlogs, gamebird release and trail hunting await ministers, with answers due on Wednesday 2 September
Certificate holders are asked to check cabinet anchoring, locks and key storage after break-ins in England in which firearms, shotguns and ammunition were stolen
Sat-navs dodging the A54 closure are sending cars up the Old Macc Road out of the Goyt Valley, and the moorland keepers keep towing them out
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