Scotland

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

BASC’s Scottish and Welsh manifestos seek to ensure that all parliamentarians from all parties recognise the value of shooting in Scotland and Wales.

BASC has announced two major online Scottish Parliament election hustings for Scotland’s shooting community as May’s poll date draws nearer.

Over 100 Scottish country sports businesses have received a share of a £1m recovery pot following intervention from BASC and the SCSTG.

BASC has described the Scottish government’s response to the deer working group report as a ‘grave concern’ for deer welfare.

Moorland

A £1M coronavirus fund for country sports has been secured in Scotland following a lobbying campaign by BASC and the Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group.

The Scottish Parliament

BASC has written an open letter to the Scottish Government regarding the repeated exclusion of country sports businesses from coronavirus financial support in recent months.

Pheasant shooting

BASC has hit out at the Scottish Government for excluding country sports tourism businesses from coronavirus financial support for a second time.

A Scottish Government Minister has written to BASC to say he is ‘appalled’ by widespread gamekeeper abuse in Scotland.

BASC have called for a voluntary restraint of the shooting of wildfowl from the 6th January.