The moment animal rights activists release thousands of pheasants due to be shot in bid to destroy Gloucestershire’s game industry
Campaigners say they kept watch for weeks before barricading a farm track and shooing thousands of birds into nearby fields.
Letter: On gun ownership
There is a world of difference between lawful and legitimate firearms ownership and gun crime and to tie the two together is inappropriate.
Wild birds ‘catastrophe’ fear over Wales licence change
MAJOR rural organisations have joined forces to warn Natural Resources Wales (NRW) of the catastrophic consequences that a proposed change to the general licence could have on wild birds.
Nature groups warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ law changes could have for wild birds
MAJOR rural organisations have joined forces to warn Natural Resources Wales (NRW) of the catastrophic consequences that a proposed change to the General Licence could have on wild birds.
MP Philip Dunne puts up birdbox after talks on ‘vital role’ of conservation work
Ludlow MP Philip Dunne met with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) to discuss a range of ongoing conservation projects.
15 farming changes Labour pledges in animal welfare plan
Labour has pledged to ban the badger cull, tackle livestock worrying and end the use of cages on British farms by 2025.
BASC highlights shooting positives on Farming Today
As part of a week-long series of shooting features on BBC’s Radio 4’s Farming Today programme, BASC’s executive director of conservation Caroline Bedell this morning highlighted the significant conservation and economic benefits brought about by shooting.
BASC say TVP new rules for gun applications are unfair
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) say the rules enforced by Thames Valley Police will lead to a postcode lottery.
The challenges facing grouse shooting, from draining moors and heather beetles to the corridors of Westminster
It may be known as Glorious Twelfth, but, this year, the first day of the grouse-shooting season is off to a start that hardly lives up to its moniker.
As labour gets roasting from countryside groups over its war on grouse shooting…THAT BACKFIRED!
Countryside groups yesterday dismissed Labour's calls for a review of grouse shooting as a 'thinly veiled political attack.'
Grouse shooting: Labour calls for review amid habitat concerns
Labour has called for a review of grouse shooting, saying it damages important natural habitats.
Labour turns its guns on grouse shooters on the Glorious Twelfth: Party slams environmental damage to habitat and calls for ‘proper review’ into activity
Labour is calling for a review of grouse shooting amid warnings it causes substantial environmental damage to important natural habitats.
Mystery of the endangered hen harrier chicks ‘killed by kindness’
The countryside can be cruel for some of Britain's most vulnerable birds. But a disaster that struck a family of endangered hen harriers raises a surprising question: are we killing them with kindness?
Can grouse shooting go sustainable?
It was over in seconds. High over the grouse moor, two hen harriers wheeled slowly around each other before suddenly, the female darted underneath her mate...
Labour turns it guns on Glorious Twelfth
BASC quoted on the front page of the Telegraph
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