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Programme highlights impact on crops, livestock and vulnerable bird species.

BASC will be pressing for significant changes to be made to new licence

Licences issued for Canada geese and wood pigeon

New briefing document gives MPs and the rural community the facts on general licences.

New plan of action from NE needed “urgently”.

Two-page document highlights the necessity of woodpigeon control.

Ian Bell has reassured members that the hard work is continuing in a bid to bring more clarity to the current general licence situation.

“The sort of behaviour and threats described by Packham does not help anyone’s cause and must stop.”

BASC feels Natural England decision unnecessarily puts people at risk of unwittingly falling foul of the law.