Shotguns on FACs: what to write to your MP
1 December 2025
The Westminster government plans to released a consultation on the future of shotguns, which it has indicated it wants to put on to section one
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
The Westminster government plans to released a consultation on the future of shotguns, which it has indicated it wants to put on to section one
Here are the links: Farmers’ budget day protest – Facebook and Facebook Home Office shotgun survey – Home Office Gleaves returns as airgunning champ – Facebook
Nottinghamshire physiotherapist and smallholder Sandy wanted a shotgun to protect her livestock from predators. She did everything right, applying for a certificate and getting professional
Here are the links: Wildlife crime convictions drop – WCL.org.uk Tiverton town council back antis – Devon Live Cornish birds of prey stolen – BBC
Here are the links: Grass thy neighbour say Cumbria cops – Crimestoppers Bird releases near SACs must be reported to DEFRA – Gov.uk Campaigners persuade
Police take a shooter’s guns because ‘his wife has cancer’ – then give them back after they watched our YouTube film. Malcolm Anderson has had
youtu.be/MhC-ilEN3Sc The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have officially opened Purdey’s new gun shop in Berkshire. The Royal couple went to the Royal Berkshire Shooting
youtu.be/2qZZKBwCJAI Speaking at the Biodiversity, Wildlife Management & Cultural Heritage Conference in London, David Jones, chair of the Reform UK campaign for the 2026 Welsh
Here are the links: Have your say on shotgun licensing changes – Facebook Farage promises to repeal trail hunting ban – FieldsportsChannel.tv/reform-pledges-reverse-labour-trail-hunting-ban Royal opening for
Here are the links: Army looks to shotguns to counter drones – Youtube MP ticks off police chief over gun licensing – Facebook Drug test
Here are the links: New fishing GCSE – Countryside Alliance Antis trash game pens – UnoffensiveAnimal.is Surrey Police inaction on poaching – Surrey Police Scottish
Here are the links: Police shoot escaped bull – Three.fm Scotland backs down on muirburn rules – Moorland Association on X Wales consults on greyhound