Animal welfare consultant Jim Barrington goes on a tour of hare poaching victims in the Eastern Counties of England. With poachers damaging crops and farm equipment, it is up to gamekeepers to defend the land. Tony Blair’s 2004 ban on coursing was meant to have stopped this. Jim meets gamekeepers Geoff Garrod and Ed Coles and hears first hand how Blair’s ban has failed.
Click here for Ed Coles’ petition to increase poaching sentences
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Lead shot ban hits a bump – Fieldsports News, 25 May 2022
youtu.be/vq9ST1Jw670 Here are the links: Lead shot ban hits a bump – FACE challenges ECHA’s consultation: www.face.eu/2022/05/can-we-reach-fair-play-in-the-eus-approach-to-restricting-ammunition/ Guinea pig mystery: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61521356 Harboro Rocks Clay Shoot:
Lead ban: what it means for old guns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ylO5M7kP4 With the government holding a consultation on lead shot, lead pellets for airguns and lead bullets, it’s time to act and make your views
Act now to save the pheasant season – Fieldsports News, 18 May 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahQqY7GFA8 Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge imports hang in the balance – NGO + please write to your MP to say that DEFRA
How the Scottish government is forcing hunters to vote for a ban on hunting
Opinion by Charlie Jacoby Anti-hunting civil servants are clever. Like spetznaz sleepers, they look like normal people and do their jobs to the best of
Gun grab and gun surrender: two extremes of British police gun policy
by Charlie Jacoby You can see the relief on Gary Ivey’s face. Until eight months ago, he had been a firearm certificate holder. He was
Lead shot ban hangs over shooting – Fieldsports News, 11 May 2022
Here are the links: UK shooters urged to take action over lead ban proposals – HSE consultation + Fieldsports News UK drops trophy imports ban
Steel yourself: the Westminster government is having a pop at lead shot
by Deborah Hadfield British shooting organisations may not unanimously agree on a future for lead ammunition – but they all want shooters to respond to
Will there be birds to shoot this Christmas?
youtu.be/twiXg9H6Xuk by Deborah Hadfield There are rumours that poult prices have bust through the £10 barrier and gone as high as £17 per poult. If
Rising cost of cartridges – Fieldsports News, 4 May 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0-YZPAZYWk Here are the links: UK ammo shortage – Sunday Telegraph Packham three claim TV presenter faked death threat – The Times Welsh council withdraws
Botswana president condemns British MP over smear campaign
The Government of Botswana has formally condemned British MP Sir Roger Gale for his attack on Botswana’s president. As reported in Fieldsports News, in an
Nottinghamshire police gun grab cock-up
youtu.be/Q9SrEoqVFcY Armed officers from Nottinghamshire Police arrived at the home of gundog trainer Karl Sawyer last August. When he refused to hand his shotguns over
Spam-fisted MP attacks hunting – Fieldsports News, 27 April 2022
Here are the links: Muddled MP attacks hunting in Scotland and Africa – Fieldsports News Packham three raise £20k for libel defence – Country Squire
