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The shooting community is shrinking, with the latest Home Office statistics revealing another year of declining certificate holders across England and Wales
Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson has attempted to reassure the shooting community that the government has no anti-gun agenda
As birthing season approaches, remember that deer will rarely abandon their young – unless they detect human scent, says Charles Smith-Jones.
Anglers have long warned about cormorants decimating fish stocks. Now a Europe-wide management plan could finally lead to more decisive action
After a decade of conservation success in Scotland, the GWCT has taken the decision not to renew its lease on Auchnerran Farm
Helen Benson, CEO of the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust, is hoping to visit 15 Scottish rivers to raise awareness of the free support available to gillies and others whose livelihoods depend on rivers
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has announced new research to examine whether gamebirds could be affecting reptile populations
Farmers in England will see £100 million cut from the farming and countryside budget, following Labour’s first spending review
Peers warned that Natural England’s clampdown on controlled burning is fuelling the risk of catastrophic wildfires
A proposed bill to ban foxhunting in the Republic of Ireland has sparked strong opposition from Countryside Alliance Ireland
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