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BASC discusses Welsh gamebird releasing proposals on BBC
The knock-on impacts of Natural Resources Wales’ proposals to restrict gamebird release have been covered in depth by the BBC in Wales.
The knock-on impacts of Natural Resources Wales’ proposals to restrict gamebird release have been covered in depth by the BBC in Wales.
More than a 100 gamekeepers, local residents and business owners attended the Act Now campaign event in Llangedwyn.
The future of Wales’ most threatened species has been put at significant risk, after a ban on all snares was taken forward by the Welsh Government this week.
The current direction of travel is wholly damaging to the Welsh countryside and rural Wales.
Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds will be lifted from 18 April in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
BASC told the BBC that the Welsh government’s proposals to licence all gamebird releasing is another step towards a future ban on shooting in Wales.
BASC is urging members and the wider rural community to stand up against the Welsh government’s proposals to restrict gamebird releasing.
It is unacceptable to risk some of our most threatened species with an outright ban on snares.
An “outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, BASC warns the Senedd.