Author name: Felicity Marshall

BASC Scotland is encouraging members to respond to the Call for Views on the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill to protect the future of rough shooting.

BASC’s Martin Parker is urging firearms licensing authorities to follow the forensic science’s model of independent regulation and accreditation.

BASC’s Dr Colin Shedden provided evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry into firearms licensing regulation.

More than 30,000 BASC members visited this year’s Game Fair while over 1,000 dogs were put to the test in the Scurry League.

After a lengthy BASC campaign, the Home Office’s proposal to restrict airgun use by 14-17 year olds has been dropped by the government.

Read our statement in response to launch of a new digital marker for firearm and shotgun certificate holders’ medical notes.

Run by BASC and the SYCET, the event saw more than 100 young people take part during the Scottish Game Fair this weekend.

If left unchanged, the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill will ban the use of more than two dogs to flush rabbits from cover.

The first meeting of the Cross-party Group on Shooting and Conservation in Wales covered predator management and the sale of game meat.

Funded by BASC’s Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust, the camera is streaming live footage from a hen harrier nest on the Swinton Estate.