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In response to the publication of the RSPB’s latest Birdcrime report, BASC’s executive director of conservation, Caroline Bedell, said:
“BASC robustly condemns raptor persecution and will expel any member convicted of such an offence. BASC are joint signatories with other rural organisations to a ‘zero tolerance’ position statement on raptor persecution.
“While each incident is one too many and a blight on the shooting community, the RSPB’s latest Birdcrime report actually shows a dramatic year-on-year decrease in incidents across the entire UK.”
“Natural England has reported Hen Harrier figures in England are at a 200-year high, which is testament to the positive steps being taken by the shooting community to increase the numbers of chicks which fledge each year.”
You can be part of shooting’s reprisal against United Utilities’ decision not to renew shoot leases on its land.
Wild Justice’s latest legal challenge against GL42 is part of their long-term strategy to attack game shooting, says BASC.
There is less than a week until the deadline for applications for one of two BASC scholarships for the 2024/25 academic year.
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