BASC will be pressing for significant changes to be made to new licence
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Licences issued for Canada geese and wood pigeon
New briefing document gives MPs and the rural community the facts on general licences.
New plan of action from NE needed “urgently”.
Two-page document highlights the necessity of woodpigeon control.
Ian Bell has reassured members that the hard work is continuing in a bid to bring more clarity to the current general licence situation.
“The sort of behaviour and threats described by Packham does not help anyone’s cause and must stop.”
BASC feels Natural England decision unnecessarily puts people at risk of unwittingly falling foul of the law.
A proposal to consider excluding the use of general licences over some areas of land in Scotland has been challenged by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC is concerned that this could penalise innocent land managers and affect their livelihoods.
Please email Natural England with your views on proposals to radically change the English general licences – which give the authority for activities such as pigeon shooting. The consultation closes on the 19th May.
