BASC firearms licensing overhaul
youtu.be/GCi5JQRX0Sc by Deborah Hadfield It’s time to scrap the existing gun certificate system across England and Wales and replace it with another. That’s the conclusion
youtu.be/GCi5JQRX0Sc by Deborah Hadfield It’s time to scrap the existing gun certificate system across England and Wales and replace it with another. That’s the conclusion
by Ben O’Rourke This is the story of the British relationship with pets and livestock. In June 2020, Fieldsports News visited Borth Wild Animal Kingdom
Controversy over force-free approach to gundog training by Deborah Hadfield There’s a growing split at the heart of gundog training, and it centres on the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrHNih-sctk Here are the links: BASC attacks England’s deer strategy recommendations – BASC Countryside Alliance Packham sabs complaint – Daily Mail Government crackdown on sewage
by Deborah Hadfield The Scottish government is considering the future use of snares. It has approached a range of fieldsports groups for their views. However,
youtu.be/zCwrztM7YVU In the UK, in 2022, you are twice as likely to hit a deer than in 1997. That risk has gone up fourfold since
Here are the links: Hen harrier brood scheme success – YouTube + Moorland Association Scottish government looks at snaring ban – Fieldsports News Anti media
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09b6SGDOR4 The flames and smoke from one lowland wildfire in Norfolk in July 2022 could be seen from miles away. The fire damaged 120 acres
youtu.be/zichjyqUi-M Here are the links: RSPB ignores evidence on gamebird releasing – BASC Secrets of merlins revealed in NGO film – YouTube Study links broken
youtu.be/jeHHVbF7C94 In September 2004, eight campaigners burst in to the chamber of the House of Commons to protest against Tony Blair’s ban on hunting with
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8d0aoy Gamekeepers Welfare Trust chief executive Helen Benson has finished her journey from the north of Scotland to the south coast and back up to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=veDtyq0sX14 Antis target the grouse season. They know that disrupting a grouseshooting day will bring them publicity. Their biggest target is opening day, the glorious
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbbr1bywGo Here are the links: BBC fails to represent rural issues – Daily Mail Packham vs Gareth Wyn Jones Tweet spat – Twitter + C4PMC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nDMXdrYxo A panel of experts discuss grouse prospects for the 2022 season, plus the political threats facing grouseshooting. They are Mark Osborne from William Powell
by Deborah Hadfield Anglers are spotting huge numbers of bluefin tuna off the coast of Britain. The magnificent fish swim thousands of miles to British
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCT4_dvQQ4 There are 30,000 legal gun-owners in London. Chris Downs, head of SCO 19 at the Met, and Daryn Hufton-Rees from Medcert, which provides medical
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqR-kNYJk9s Shadow food, farming and fisheries minister and Labour MP for Cambridge Daniel Zeichner makes the case for a Labour government running the countryside and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg73ZsLmMgY Nigel Farage may be passionate about Europe but he is fundamentalist about bluefin tuna fishing. He says that, thanks to Brexit, the UK is
by Deborah Hadfield Feeling depressed? A new campaign in Scotland aims to encourage gun owners to report mental health issues and hand in their guns.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7BhUeGatc Here are the links: Princess Royal presents awards at the Game Fair – BASC Game Fair thefts – DogLost + Howes & Wayko on
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8cuf3y by Deborah Hadfield Nearly 100 gamekeepers may have already lost their jobs as a result of bird shortages caused by bird flu in France,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ukUeLDjG4 It’s one of the best ways to spend a year after you leave school. The students at the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School learn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KeT518v10I by Deborah Hadfield With the cost-of-living crisis starting to bite, is wild deer a solution to eat cheaply? The challenge is to find reasonably-priced,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjWYXPWZjY Here are the links: Government rejects airgun age restriction – BASC More than 3,000 respond to Countryfile impartiality survey – Countryside Alliance survey South
by Deborah Hadfield Daniel Holmes from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall submitted his gun certificates renewal applications on January 2022. His firearms and shotguns certificates were
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhcOJz7tAlM Here are the links: Zac Goldsmith makes dog law by letter – Fieldsports News Former MFH Mark Hankinson wins webinar appeal – Fieldsports News
The former director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association did not break the law when he told other hunts how to avoid being beaten up
BBC radio wants Charlie to debate sentience, consciousness, empathy and, if animals display these, should we be banned from shooting them? So Charlie goes to see his dad. Martin Jacoby says the first problem that most people face in this debate is a failure to understand the language.
A government minister is trying to make law by letter. In what’s likely to be his last days in office, DEFRA minister Lord Zac Goldsmith
youtu.be/q63FKLqlehQ An English shooting champion is the ambassador of a new initiative to encourage more people to get involved in the sport. Ruth Mwandumba is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREsBKDjbv8 Angling is a gentle sport. In Nottinghamshire fishers are showing they can also be tough when their sport is threatened. The threat? Their new
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImO16fJ2EP8 Here are the links: New prime minister could be shooting supporter – antis furious – Twitter DEFRA announces gamebird research programme – Countryside Alliance
Photo: Franco Capaldo A popular North London shooting ground is closing down after increasing pressure from property development nearby. The A1 Shooting Ground, just inside
www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDW6v7UWoY by Deborah Hadfield New general licences in Wales are bad news for rare birds and worse news for farmers. From 1 July 2022, Welsh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9kirnvQhQ Malik Ezzi wants to be a professional hunter. His first problem is that he only has 40% daytime vision and no vision at all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHp5_ns6U6U Here are the links: New medical alert for shooters – Daily Mail Environment secretary stands with animal rights extremists – Twitter Antis pour out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxfDEdsmSY by Deborah Hadfield The shortage in game birds is pushing up the price of shooting and birds. Pheasant and partridge chicks may not be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgbmd82CWo Here are the links: Campaign to protect moorlands from antis – Countryside Alliance Pulsar is game-changer for wildlife identification, says scientist – Fieldsports News
Wildlife scientist and shooter Professor Jaimie Dick from Queen’s University, Belfasst, explains how thermal spotters are going to revolutionise wildlife counting across the world. He
youtu.be/VgTsk2aCtoI by James Marchington Legendary Formula One racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart OBE was a top international clay pigeon champion, sponsored by Eley cartridges, before
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCa5xm1REfI Here are the links: Scottish foxhunting ban plea – Fieldsports News Anger as Great Yorkshire Show cancels hounds parade – Daily Telegraph Southwest gun
by Deborah Hadfield The Scottish Countryside Alliance is appealing to the Scottish government not to ignore its evidence during the passage of the Hunting with
by Deborah Hadfield Bird flu is bad news for game farmers and shooters who face a dire season ahead. There were more than 100 recorded
Exeter Crown Court could set a nasty legal precedent in October 2023. If Devon deerstalker Andrew Andrew loses his gun certificate appeal, police throughout the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJFscjd0eITony Lowry is a gamekeeper in Hampshire. His shoot gets the stone curlew as a summer visitor. It’s also a working arable farm. That’s bad news for the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaVe0-Wo3M Here are the links: Gamebird report ‘inaccurate’ – Harris report + GWCT New UK food strategy promotes venison – DEFRA District council attacks Chris
Start with two foxes: one is bold, the other is cautious. They both exhibit ‘foxiness’. What happens to foxiness if you shoot one of them?
youtu.be/IOYmk24k-eE Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge poults in price war – Facebook + Facebook Police tackle Animal Rebellion nutters – YouTube OM for
by Charlie Jacoby It’s dark. The baby rhino is in the South African savannah with her mother. Dawn is coming. She has survived the night
A day after the Westminster government introduced £250,000 fines and criminal convictions for dealing in ivory, shops such as Amazon and eBay and auction houses