Author name: Felicity Marshall

A Labrador lying in the shade

A major new survey by BASC has found that three-quarters of respondents have taken additional precautions to protect their dogs from theft over the past year.

After 10 years at the helm, BASC’s Glynn Evans has stepped down as chair of the England and Wales Poaching Priority Delivery Group.

The Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust has awarded a £75k grant to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust to help combat the curlew crisis in Southern England.

BASC has published its 2020 firearms licensing league table, highlighting a stark lack of consistency across police forces in England and Wales.

BASC has launched an online election platform to allow members to make direct contact with their local parliamentary candidates ahead of the Senedd elections on 6 May.

BASC is backing efforts to challenge rules which will significantly damage shooting tourism between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

From outreach work with schools, to generating cross-party support in parliament, BASC’s bird box project continues to go from strength-to-strength.  

BASC’s political team have contacted all PCC candidates in the run up to 6 May elections, highlighting the current lack of consistency across UK police forces around firearms licensing.

Read our obituary of BASC patron HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was a great champion and true friend of shooting.

BASC has conducted an online survey to inform our future work in relation to dog theft.