BASC and the British Deer Society have launched a campaign on the importance of giving pregnant deer and their newborns space at this time of year.
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BASC’s campaign for Invasive Species Week has captured the imagination of the press, putting squirrel and muntjac on the dinner menu.
Read Dr Conor O’Gorman’s blog on the role sustainable shooting has to play in the government’s ambitious plans for nature recovery in England.
The Government has announced an interim licensing scheme for gamebird release on and within 500 metres of European Protected Sites.
Martin Parker, former chief scientist at the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, has been appointed as BASC’s new head of firearms.
BASC has pledged to work with the newly-elected Scottish Government to ensure shooting’s interests continue to be fully represented in Holyrood.
BASC has rejected proposals by the UK Woodland Assurance Standard to ban the use of lead ammunition under its banner by 2023.
Following intervention from BASC, Defra has included scientific research as a licensable aspect of the new burning regulations in England.
Ahead of the Scottish elections on 6 May, Ross Ewing breaks down the party manifestos to expose how their policies will affect shooting and conservation.
The RSPB have used the recent wildfire in Northern Ireland’s Mourne mountains as a platform to call for a ban on controlled burning.
