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Read our open letter to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission following the Scottish Government’s response to the deer working group project.

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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.

BASC is deeply saddened to hear of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was the association’s patron for more than half a century.