Questions of sentience
What does the most recent parliamentary stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill mean for sustainable shooting?
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Political affairs
Environment Secretary highlights shooting’s conservation benefits
Environment Secretary George Eustice MP has highlighted the conservation credentials of shooting during the Conservative Conference in Manchester.
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BASC raises key issues for shooting at Labour conference
BASC has urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters during its reception at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this weekend.
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BASC opposes ban on snares in Wales
BASC opposes a proposal to ban snares in Wales and is calling on the Welsh Government to justify the plans by producing scientific evidence.
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BASC statement in response to Welsh Government’s refusal to support shooting businesses
Read our statement following a response for the Welsh Minister for Economy after shooting businesses in Wales were excluded from Covid funding.
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BASC joins forces with Angling Trust on animal sentience
BASC has joined forces with the Angling Trust to lobby on the upcoming Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, highlighting the potential impact the law could have on sustainable shooting and angling.
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Fur trade ‘public attitudes’ survey sets a dangerous precedent​
BASC’s Conor O’Gorman says a public attitudes survey on the UK fur trade risks government policy decisions being based on emotion rather than evidence.
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Sustainable shooting key to government’s nature recovery plans
Read Dr Conor O’Gorman’s blog on the role sustainable shooting has to play in the government’s ambitious plans for nature recovery in England.
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Challenges for shooting in animal welfare shake-up
Read Conor O’Gorman’s blog following the inclusion of plans for new animal welfare legislation in the Queen’s speech in parliament yesterday.
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Interim gamebird release licensing scheme announced
The Government has announced an interim licensing scheme for gamebird release on and within 500 metres of European Protected Sites.
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