DEFRA works out that pheasants breed but once a year… duh – Fieldsports News, 1 February 2023

Here are the links:

• EU and UK agree new bird flu trade regs – AimtoSustain
• Scottish Government licenses hunting – Scottish Gamekeepers Association + Countryside Alliance
• Edinburgh plans to ‘go vegan’ – Farmers’ Weekly
• UK trophy ban bill next stage – Westminster Parliament
• Hunt confronts antis over spraying citronella – YouTube
• Record number of Irish wild deer shot – Irish Deer Commission
• Queen guitarist slams Glastonbury over badger cull – RadioX
• Dutch deer farms in danger – Dutch News
• Maltese teaching union and education minister clash over hunting exhibition – Times of Malta
• Ornithologists suffer for a tweet – Twitter

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