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Senedd election platform amplifies shooting’s voice
BASC has launched an online election platform to allow members to make direct contact with their local parliamentary candidates ahead of the Senedd elections on 6 May.
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‘Practically impossible’ Northern Ireland wild game import regulations
BASC is backing efforts to challenge rules which will significantly damage shooting tourism between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
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Northern Ireland wild game import regulations are ‘practically impossible’, says BASC
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is backing efforts by government to challenge rules which make it ‘practically impossible’ to bring game meat into Northern Ireland. Game meat, leaving Great Britain for personal consumption has fallen foul of Brexit, meaning Northern Ireland visitors to Great Britain must comply Read more…
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BASC responds to Welsh Labour manifesto
BASC’s political affairs team are strongly opposing vague and ill-prepared proposals included within the Welsh Labour manifesto. The party has set out its intentions ahead of Senedd elections on 6 May. The measures outlined in the manifesto, titled ‘Moving Wales forward’, will negatively impact BASC members in Wales and the Welsh shooting community as a Read more…
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BASC bird boxes take flight
From outreach work with schools, to generating cross-party support in parliament, BASC’s bird box project continues to go from strength-to-strength.
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BASC responds to Welsh Labour manifesto
BASC is strongly opposed to vague and ill-prepared proposals within the Welsh Labour manifesto, titled ‘Moving Wales forward’, launched in the run up to the elections on 6 May. The manifesto outlines proposals that will: Introduce “registration for animal welfare establishments, commercial breeders for pets or for shooting” Ban the Read more…
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Firearms licensing issues raised with PCC candidates
BASC’s political team have contacted all PCC candidates in the run up to 6 May elections, highlighting the current lack of consistency across UK police forces around firearms licensing.
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Fix firearms licensing, BASC tells PCC candidates
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to all prospective Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) to request assurances that improvements will be made to the firearms licensing system if they are successfully elected on 6 May. As the only shooting organisation that monitors the performance of firearms Read more…
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BASC to build bird boxes virtually with Suffolk schools
Pupils at 45 schools across Suffolk will have flat-packed bird boxes waiting for them when they return following the latest lockdown courtesy of the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC has put the packs together and will help teachers and pupils assemble the Read more…
