The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations Read more…
With at least seven police licensing departments having suspended firearms and shotgun grant applications, read our advice on what to do if your licence is due for renewal.
It was Sir Winston Churchill who first coined the phrase “twice the citizen”.
Pheasant, venison or partridge – what you need to know about buying and cooking game.
A ‘T level’ qualification which could have provided access to college gamekeeping and wildlife management courses has been dropped from the syllabus and replaced with a ‘specialism’ described by experts as “woefully inadequate”.
The UK government has committed huge sums of money to planting trees for carbon capture. But these efforts are being undermined by the country’s rapidly expanding deer population.
BASC is advising members to contact their GP well in advance of firearms licence renewal dates, due to potential delays in the medical verification process.
Read our statement following the announcement by Defra’s that it is set to introduce an import ban on hunting trophies.
Bringing in lion, zebra and reindeer carcasses to be outlawed under tough government plans to protect animals