Gamekeeping courses: Scottish gamekeeping colleges are reporting they are receiving strong demand for qualified students from shooting estates and the sporting industry.
Gamekeeping
A prospective keeper
Q) I go beating and help out on a shoot, and I would like to have a career as a gamekeeper. However, I am finding it difficult to come across anyone who would be prepared to take me on and give me a chance to enter the profession. I am…
UK WILDLIFE LAWS SET FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL
Wildlife laws set for overhaul: The Game Acts could be first to go as Law Commission begins public consultation on revising wildlife legislation.
Where are all the female gamekeepers?
Female gamekeepers: Why are there so few female gamekeepers in our sport?
UK snare usage criticised
Standards in fox snaring need to be raised according to a new DEFRA report
Improve your shoot with BASC
BASC: A BASC scheme designed to help shoots make the best use of their land kicks off in March.
George Thompson wins Bellamy Trophy
Bellamy Trophy: A grouse moor keeper has won the Bellamy Trophy for work promoting countryside conservation and education.
BASC contacts local press to highlight shooting benefits
In preparation for the upcoming shooting season BASC has sent a letter to all local newspapers in the UK, highlighting the benefits of game shooting, game meat, and the conservation work carried out on shoots.
‘Rural Special’ Police
Keepers are the eyes and ears of the countryside, so a “rural special” police initiative in Hertfordshire makes perfect sense, says the NGO’s Tim Weston
Shooting groups outraged at game keeping slur
An investigation is demanded after animal welfare charities teach children that keepers use illegal traps to maim wildlife.
SGA outraged at gamekeeping slur
An investigation is demanded after animal welfare charities teach children that keepers use illegal traps to maim wildlife