The Countryside Alliance has launched a campaign for fair and consistent application of firearms licensing laws across the UK.
Countryside Alliance
Campaign for fairer licensing
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Scottish fox hunt ban back on the agenda
Alison Johnstone said she would bring forward a member’s bill calling for a total ban on fox hunting, including the use of dogs to flush foxes to be shot.
Tagged with: Countryside Alliance, fox, fox hunting, Green Party MSP, scotland, Scottish Countryside alliance
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GPS are still demanding money
Tagged with: basc, certificate, Countryside Alliance, docter, firearms licence, GP, Home Office, LMC, news
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Hen Harrier Action plan
After its release was withheld for an entire year, the Hen Harrier Action plan has finally been made public. And the report has been universally backed by shooters, gamekeepers and conservationists alike. The report had been ready since early last…
Firearms report finalised
The Law Commission has published its final report into firearms law, after a scoping review including consultations with firearms owners and shooting organisations. Recommendations include re-defining “lethal” as more than one joule of kinetic energy, defining “component part” and “antique”…
Shoot managers must “plan better to reduce game waste”
The Countryside Alliance and the National Game Dealers’ Association have called on shoot managers to draw up detailed plans with game dealers for all wild game. This comes after results of a game dealers’ survey, carried out by the Countryside…
Tagged with: Countryside Alliance, game dealers, game to eat, national game dealer's association, shoot managers
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Tim Bonner appointed chief executive of Countryside Alliance
Tim Bonner, the director of campaigns for the Countryside Alliance, has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive. Sir Barney White-Spunner, the CA’s current Chief Executive, will be stepping down after the AGM in September, whereupon Mr Bonner will…
DEFRA gamebird code supported by new research
DEFRA-funded research into the use of raised laying units was published today (24 July), and supports the existing DEFRA Code for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes, used by the British gamebird industry. The research shows that the…
Countryside Clay Shoot 2016 scheduled
Next year’s Countryside Clay Shoot will be held at the Six Mile Bottom shooting estate, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday 14 May. The annual charity shoot will once more be raising money for the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust (GWT) and the Royal Agricultural…
Tagged with: Angling Trust, basc, cla, clay, Countryside Alliance, game, guns on pegs, GWT, NGO, RABI, shoot, simulated, six mile bottom
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CPS consulting LACS
The crown prosecution service will be consulting “pressure groups” to determine whether to pursue a case against hunters.
Tagged with: 2014, Countryside Alliance, CPS, devon and somerset staghounds, LACS, prosecution, uk
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