BASC is calling on the Government to publish a game bird study which concluded in 2012. Defra commissioned research in 2009 entitled ‘Study to determine whether cage-based breeding can meet the needs of game birds, and if not, to identify best practice’. It was concluded in 2012 but has not Read more…
The results of this year’s BASC Council election were announced at the association’s Annual General Meeting in Stirling on Saturday 13th June.
£3,100 has been raised for the North West Air Ambulance and Help for Heroes by deer stalking enthusiasts at a charity evening held at Malmo Guns near Lancaster.
More than 200 people attended the event organised by Alastair Boston of The Deer Initiative, the British Deer Society and the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC), supported by Malmo Guns.
BASC has welcomed the decision of the Austrian Ministry of the Environment to stop pursuing a phasing out of lead ammunition.
The Austrian government had been urged to phase out lead ammunition because of the pollution caused by lead ammunition at rifle ranges, the dangers to raptors feeding on carrion and the potential contamination of venison.
BASC members are being reminded to cast their vote in this year’s BASC Council election. The deadline for the receipt of postal votes and online votes is 10.30am on Wednesday 10 June. Ballot papers were sent out to all BASC members with the March edition of Shooting & Conservation magazine Read more…
BASC members are invited to compete for coveted trophies in a 30 bird sporting clay shoot. The event will take place at County Clays,Hilton Dunkeld Hotel, The Steadings, Dunkeld, PH8 0HX, from 12pm to 4pm on Sunday (7th June). Colin Shedden, director of BASC Scotland, said: “I would encourage all Read more…
BASC has written to ministers in Westminster and the devolved parliaments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to ensure that legal traps used to control stoats which predate on ground nesting birds are not caught by an international agreement designed to regulate the fur trade in Europe and North America. Read more…
Time is running out for BASC members to cast their vote in this year’s BASC Council election. Ballot papers were sent out to all BASC members with the March edition of Shooting & Conservation magazine and BASC members can vote online through the BASC website. The 12 candidates for the Read more…
Conservation efforts across Scotland are being hampered by incidents of theft and vandalism of equipment, a new report by BASC Scotland has shown. The results of the study, which was funded by the Scottish Government and is the first of its kind, have revealed that interference with lawfully set traps Read more…
