www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbEqxkWtEo by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Devon & Cornwall Constabulary started revoking shooters’ certificates in August 2021. Back then, the situation was confused. A
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Gary Ivey was returning home from a day’s shooting in October 2021 to his home in Plymouth when one
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL1udSdtJTU Here are the links: Bird flu may hit partridge imports – NGO UK trophy import ban still twitching – The Guardian + AfricaHunting.com UK
There’s a new group to help hunting. HuntingKind.com is lobbying the UK parliaments in Westminster, Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont to help stop bans on hunting
The RSPB is trying to ramp up the importance of white-tailed eagles to tourism. In a new report, the birdwatching organisation says that white-tailed or
youtu.be/BjlFn8H3zBg by Deborah Hadfield The hunting season in Ukraine runs from September until February. Ukrainians and overseas hunters stalk wild boar, deer and mouflon. Bear
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zArS1ApwfME Here are the links: Wales mulls magpie shooting ban – Fieldsports News BASC welcomes new firearms licensing database – BASC Poachers convicted of killing
The RSPB stands accused of ‘forgetting the birds’ – chasing money and political power instead of ‘saving’ birds as its members and donors fondly imagine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkGmRB1bxY by Deborah Hadfield Around the world, people are watching the relentless and ruthless assault on Ukraine. Many are not just horror-struck. They are moved
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nujNMWZog You want a healthy herd of deer, in numbers that don’t cause environmental damage, and visible enough to admire in Scotland’s beautiful Highlands? Apparently,
by Deborah Hadfield A conservation group claims that the Spanish government plans to slaughter 5,000 red deer in a national park. Robbie Kroger of Blood
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipoEJkVjDY Here are the links: Shooters across Europe support Ukraine – Fieldsports News Fundraising for family of dead gamekeeper in Northamptonshire – GoFundMe Vinnie backs
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters from across Europe are supporting refugees. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation is mobilising its members and partners to
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters say Boris Johnson and Lord Zac Goldsmith are being sneaky about trying to introduce a ban on the import and export
youtu.be/CtvSfaxuAxA by Deborah Hadfield A rare auction of taxidermy items including endangered animals spotlights the issue of hunting tourism. It begs the question: are trophies
by Deborah Hadfield Where are we on lead shot? A study by Cambridge University, reported in the Guardian, finds that 99.5% of 215 pheasants killed
youtu.be/nxttOfnvc6Y by Charlie Jacoby Among the many stories of good, ordinary shooters losing their guns to Devon & Cornwall Police’s gun grab, the story of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNoEtl21130 Here are the links: Cornish police grab more guns – Fieldsports News Ukraine war spills over into shooting sports – JaegerforBundet.dk + ISSF Farmers
A Plymouth MP is reacting to the tragic Keyham shootings in August 2021 by introducing a bill to ban pump-action guns. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
by Deborah Hadfield The League Against Cruel Sports has introduced a Hunting with Dogs bill for Scotland to replace the law it wrote in 2002.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F05iyrkMUE Here are the links: UK government may U-turn on fur and foie gras import ban – BBC + Forbes Storms cause death and destruction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0koIQQvX_M by Deborah Hadfield Is there a shake-up heading towards the world of wildlife counting? Since the 1980s, scientists have taken control of the job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6MA8TOddXQ Here are the links: Gunmaker settles with Sandy Hook families – BBC Police investigate sea eagle deaths – Daily Mail Antis protest at German
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TdqOuKcTA Animal welfare consultant Jim Barrington goes on a tour of hare poaching victims in the Eastern Counties of England. With poachers damaging crops and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FwbpXAnxRY Here are the links: Telehandler farmer cleared of damaging Corsa – BBC Brewer’s tree planting scheme attacked over cull – Telegraph National Crime Agency
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRq7J6qNBow Here are the links: Cheshire sabs in the dock – Leicestershire Police Gamekeeper kills two buzzards – youtu.be/VCN3ME-W6k0 NatureScot punishes curlews for dead hen
youtu.be/IdSBQzMpaWE As Lord Zac Goldsmith tries to push through a ban on trophy imports to the UK, which would effectively be a ban on hunting
youtu.be/lTfYwBQU698 With just days until the British Shooting Show 2022 at the NEC outside Birmingham, organisers are working at full tilt. They have been hard
Lord Zac Goldsmith wants to ban trophy imports to the UK because he thinks it will help wildlife. He could not be more wrong, as
Here are the links: Ban plan bumped down by government – Guardian Sermon on the mounting hunting tourism hysteria – Mirror Packham ‘stuns’ viewers with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM98TznHFc Charlie goes to ShotShow 2022 in Las Vegas to find empty stands and missing gun trade companies – the show is a victim of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoHfhpWUEo Here are the links: Animal rights extremist switches sides over trophy hunting – Twitter Police fail UK shooters over gun certificates – Fieldsports News
youtu.be/5xWzda4TQS4 Here are the links: Government money to help wildlife – Gov.uk Police helicopters nab poachers – Facebook Constabularies halt issuing licences – Telegraph Pheasants
The Tory politician pushing through the ban on trophy imports admits it is not in the Government’s timetable. Fears among animal rights extremists that a
youtu.be/YyC_VU1586k Let’s talk lead shot. On stage, at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, is Alex Levett-Scrivenor from non-toxic shot company Bioammo, foxshooter and old
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZV78_WxdQ By Ben O’Rourke It was always going to be a tough year, hampered by lockdowns and animal rightsists pushing their lunatic agendas. However, there
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjSUetK1vU Here are the links: Hunt supporters out in force for Boxing Day meets – Twitter Hunt sabs vandalise church – Facebook Priti makes plans
Here are the links: Police maintain crackdown on gun owners – Fieldsports News Botham zaps RSPB over electric fences – Daily Telegraph Bird deaths lead
Updated 23 March 2022 This page shows advice by country: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland After two years of shambles, general licences across the UK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xukFvf5z0Y The Welsh government says it no longer supports shooting sports, which casts doubt on the future of huge swathes of the Welsh countryside. Shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-Lj56VS4I Here are the links: Devon & Cornwall Police sends out wrong revocations – Fieldsports News Countryfile attacks game meat marketing – BBC + Daily
DEFRA secretary George Eustice has put out a joint press release with animal rights extremists. Marking a lurch to the animal rights agenda in government,
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Shooters in Dorset, Devon & Cornwall say the police are punishing them as a kneejerk reaction to a shooting
Two Scottish gamekeepers and a gamekeeper’s wife talk to Charlie about the Revive conference in Perth in November 2021. They bravely went along and listened
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0D0RdGxRA When Storm Awen blew through in November 2021, it took trees and powerlines with it. On the front line, with firecrews and the Army,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6vlsWGEEM Here are the links: British police step up gun confiscations – Fieldsports News Irish foxhunters win parliamentary vote – Fieldsports News + TheVirtualGameFair.com Gamekeepers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9kkXFSNvY Here are the links: £23 million Scottish sporting estate under offer – Abergeldie Estate + YouTube Countryside Alliance urges Northern Irish to campaign against
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3Ma14-N5Y Here are the links: Seven years in prison for hanging a head on your wall – Mirror + Twitter RSPB shocked into action by electric
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzUkrPHypjo Here are the links: Natural England wants to put mallards on the banned list – publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/6534172534636544 Packham faces court and media battles – basc.org.uk/rspb-loses-hen-harrier-judicial-review-2/
Releasing pheasants is good for wildlife. That’s the headline of new research [PDF] by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – as long as shoots
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