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BASC accuses RSPB of exploiting Northern Ireland wildfire
The RSPB have used the recent wildfire in Northern Ireland’s Mourne mountains as a platform to call for a ban on controlled burning.
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Impact of dog theft on owners highlighted in major new survey
More than three-quarters of dog owners have taken additional actions to protect their dogs from theft over the last twelve months, according to a major new survey. The survey, conducted by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), whose members own an estimated 166,000 dogs, comes amid growing evidence Read more…
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Senedd election – manifesto analysis
With only 10 days to go until the Senedd elections on 6 May, we bring you everything you need to know from the main parties’ manifestos.
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Measuring the impact of dog theft
A major new survey by BASC has found that three-quarters of respondents have taken additional precautions to protect their dogs from theft over the past year.
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Glynn Evans steps down as PPDG chair
After 10 years at the helm, BASC’s Glynn Evans has stepped down as chair of the England and Wales Poaching Priority Delivery Group.
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Southern curlew crisis aided by WHCT grant
The Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust has awarded a £75k grant to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust to help combat the curlew crisis in Southern England.
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Significant grant awarded to save curlew from local extinction
The Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) has agreed a £75,000 grant to help restore the breeding curlew population in Southern England. The grant has been awarded to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) ‘Combating the Curlew Crisis Project’, which forms part of the WWT’s overall Eurasian curlew recovery work. This Read more…
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UK firearms licensing is a postcode lottery
BASC has published its 2020 firearms licensing league table, highlighting a stark lack of consistency across police forces in England and Wales.
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Certificate holders facing firearms licensing ‘postcode lottery’, says BASC
BASC’s fourth annual review of firearms licensing performance shows a wide spectrum of results, ranging from very good to “shockingly dreadful”. BASC’s director of firearms has called for consistency of performance following the publication of the review’s results in the form of a league table and said the figures strongly Read more…
