The candidates for election to BASC council this summer have been announced. Twelve members from across the country have put their names forward to fight it out for five contested…
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Balaclava battle: campaign seeks to unmask anti-hunt thugs
The Countryside Alliance has launched an online campaign to unmask anti-hunt thugs and put an end to their intimidation of rural people. The Alliance is urging people to write to…
Updated: Norwegian parliament votes to repeal lead shot ban
The Norwegian parliament today (3 February) resolved by 79 votes to 16 to reintroduce lead shot for live quarry hunting outside wetlands. The decision follows a lengthy campaign by BASC’s…
RSPB deer cull under fire from animal rights campaigners
Animal rights activists have tried to stop an RSPB deer cull deer at the charity’s Leighton Moss nature reserve in Lancashire. Campaigners objected to plans to cull eight to 10…
Don’t let secret camera fears derail crucial corvid trap study, says GWCT
Potential participants in an important corvid trap study in Scotland shouldn’t be put off by fears of covert surveillance, the Scottish government forensics laboratory Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture…
Last chance to respond to gun licence fee consultation
Shooters have under a week to respond to the Home Office’s consultation on increasing gun licence fees, which closes on 29 December. The increases proposed in the consultation were calculated…
Estates and keepers to supply free pheasants to those in need this Christmas
Gamekeepers and estates are helping to bring a festive flush to Christmas in Aberdeenshire this year by giving fresh game and fuel to those in need. Local councillors, charities and…
BASC calls for councillor’s resignation over comments on shooter’s suicide
BASC has launched a campaign calling for the resignation of a Yorkshire local councillor after he posted insensitive and insulting comments online about the suicide of a popular and well-respected…
Keeper caught on hidden camera convicted of killing birds of prey
Aberdeenshire gamekeeper George Mutch was found guilty on 11 December 2014 of illegally using a trap and recklessly killing or injuring two goshawks and a buzzard at Kildrummy Estate, near…
Increase in firearms licence fees put to public consultation
Proposed increases to the cost of shotgun and firearm certificates for 2015 are being put to the public for consultation, the Home Office has announced. Suggested changes to firearms licence…
Survey confirms deer culling best practice
A new British Deer Society survey provides key pointers for deer culling best practice to help you achieve cleaner kills when stalking
Look out for bird flu, shoots told
The shooting community has been asked to be extra vigilant after an outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm near Driffield in East Yorkshire. DEFRA officials issued a statement…
Fair Game at Gleneagles
Golf is not the only game at Gleneagles, as this new Fair Game package, with clay shooting, gundog handling and hawking, highlights
Poaching is still biggest wildlife crime in Scotland
Government warns that crimes against pearl mussels and raptor persecution are just as serious as poaching
BASC launches General Election campaign
BASC has launched its 2015 General Election campaign to highlight candidates’ views on shooting. Voters will be able to use an online system to search for their local candidates, see…
UN lead ammunition recommendations “illiterate” says BASC
Shooting organisations have criticised recommendations for a global phase out of lead ammunition as inappropriate, impractical and lacking a factual basis
Police under investigation over shotgun murder
A gross misconduct investigation has been launched after police returned guns to a man who then shot his partner and daughter
Birdcrime allegations don’t add up, say shooting bodies
Shooting organisations have hit back against an RSPB report claiming that licensing shoots is the only hope for raptors
Britain’s wild birds in decline
The latest figures from DEFRA confirms that Britain's wild bird decline continues, with numbers down across different habitats and species
The RSPB is misleading donors about spending, claims new campaign
Campaigners, including Sir Ian Botham, have complained to the Charity Commission that the RSPB is misleading donors about how funds are spent