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BASC presses Defra on gamebird release debacle
BASC has warned it may take legal action over Defra’s failure to reinstate permissions for shoots to release gamebirds on or close to Special Protection Areas.
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Time running out for shoots following Defra decision, BASC warn
BASC chief executive Ian Bell has told the Daily Telegraph of the crisis unfolding across the English countryside.
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Act now to avoid animal welfare crisis in the countryside, BASC warns Defra
BASC has warned Defra that shooting businesses are facing financial ruin, criminal charges or both, unless it urgently reinstates a licence for the release of gamebirds in protected areas of England.
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Welsh gamebird release proposals breach human rights law
Tens-of-thousands have said no to proposals to restrict gamebird releasing in Wales. Conor O’Gorman recounts BASC’s Act Now campaign as it happened.
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Authorisation changes for rodenticide use in open areas
BASC is advising members of forthcoming changes to the legal authorisation of two second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARS).
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Consequences of Defra licensing debacle highlighted on the BBC
The BBC’s Farming Today programme has covered the consequences of Defra’s changes to the general licence for gamebird release in protected areas (known as GL43).
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Defra needs to act quickly on gamebird releasing debacle
Continued intransigence at Defra on re-issuing GL43 now risks an environmental and animal welfare crisis, says Conor O’Gorman.
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Secretary of State warned of consequences of Defra gamebird decision
BASC is a joint signatory on a letter from Aim to Sustain to the Secretary of State regarding the ban on gamebird releasing in parts of England.
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BASC to commence legal challenge against Defra
BASC has announced today a decision to prepare legal proceedings against Defra over its withdrawal of GL43.
