Virginia Crosbie MP attended the Welsh Game Fair to show her support for her rural constituents, hundreds of whom are BASC members.
Wales
The knock-on impacts of Natural Resources Wales’ proposals to restrict gamebird release have been covered in depth by the BBC in Wales.
Read our letter to Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Rural Affairs, regarding the use of modern humane cable restraints to protect ground-nesting birds.
More than a 100 gamekeepers, local residents and business owners attended the Act Now campaign event in Llangedwyn.
The future of Wales’ most threatened species has been put at significant risk, after a ban on all snares was taken forward by the Welsh Government this week.
The current direction of travel is wholly damaging to the Welsh countryside and rural Wales.
Mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive birds, which were introduced across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to help stop the spread of avian influenza, will be lifted from 00:01 on Tuesday 18 April 2023.
Game shooting in Wales is under attack. Read our guidance and background information and complete the consultation today.
BASC told the BBC that the Welsh government’s proposals to licence all gamebird releasing is another step towards a future ban on shooting in Wales.
BASC is urging members and the wider rural community to stand up against the Welsh government’s proposals to restrict gamebird releasing.
