European rules for ammunition on aircraft untangled

Shooters are being reassured that they can continue to take sporting ammunition on flights leaving the UK thanks to clarification from the country’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), working in partnership with Europe’s representative shooting organisation, FACE (Federation of European Hunting Associations).

Cheshire shooters help water vole numbers

Mink trapping has helped to boost the number of water voles, Britain?s fastest declining mammal, on a Cheshire river. The number of water voles on a 20 kilometre stretch of the River Gowy has increased over the past 18 months, thanks to work carried out as part of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation?s (BASC) Green Shoots programme.

Strong growth in shotgun and firearms ownership

There has been a surge in new shotgun and firearm certificates issued by the police, according to an analysis of latest figures from the Home Office by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The figures, which relate to 2008/2009, show the highest year-on-year rises in certificates on issue for both shotguns and firearms since records began in 1968.

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