The Countryside Alliance has announced that Jamie Stewart, founder and managing director of Westcountry Wildlife Services, has joined its shooting campaign as a consultant.
Shooting representatives were united in their calls for no ‘knee-jerk’ response from the government with regards to firearms licensing in the wake of the tragic shootings in Peterlee in January.
To coincide with the traditional start of the hunt season, the Countryside Alliance has drawn attention to statistics that it says show the Hunting Act is a failure and a waste of police time.
BASC and the Countryside Alliance used the three main parties’ conferences to highlight the importance of shooting and fishing to the economy and environment, accompanied by the Angling Trust.