Conservation
Hare-sterics: Our letter to The Telegraph
The success of the hare is through supporting proven conservation techniques not obsolete protectionism.
BASC in the Press
Farmers fear chaos as animal rights activists plan new legal challenge to shooting licences
Farmers fear chaos as animal rights activists threaten to bring a new legal challenge to remove general shooting licences which allow them to kill pest birds.
BASC in the Press
Land managers warn review of grouse shooting could push country sport to ‘breaking point’
Ministers have been warned that Scotland’s multi-million pound grouse shooting industry will be “engulfed” in red tape and pushed to “breaking point” if the recommendations of an independent review are accepted.
BASC in the Press
Animal rights protesters accused of ‘bullying’ shooting show after calling it to be cancelled for letting children attend for free
Animal rights protesters have been accused of “bullying” a shooting show after calling for it to be cancelled for offering free access for children.
BASC in the Press
Liverpool council accused of confusing shooting lions with shooting pheasants after hunting show banned
A local council has been accused of confusing pheasant-shooting with lion hunting by pressuring the venue of Crufts to cancel a shooting show.
BASC in the Press
Labour turns it guns on Glorious Twelfth
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?
BASC in the Press
Surge in women taking up sport of shooting lifts firearms ownership to record high
Women taking up shooting as a sport has fuelled a rise in the number of legal guns licensed in England and Wales to record numbers, new figures reveal.
BASC in the Press
Women fire gun ownership to record high
Women taking up shooting as a sport has led to record high levels of guns licensed in England and Wales.