Following a number of incidents, police forces are to be given information to help them identify people involved in lawful shooting. The UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has published a new guide, The Police Officer?s Guide to Shooters, which is designed to help prevent misunderstandings and reduce interventions by the police.
Shooting restrictions put in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland because of the recent severe winter weather are to be lifted. A legal suspension of the shooting of waterfowl in Scotland will be lifted at midnight on Monday 18th January, allowing shooting on Tuesday 19th. A similar suspension in Northern Ireland will end at 8am on Thursday 21st January.
Following BASC?s intervention this week the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has renewed a key general licence which makes it legal to shoot woodpigeons and other birds to protect crops. The ability to legally control woodpigeons is of paramount importance for farmers and BASC welcomes the fact that WAG have now corrected the situation.
BASC is calling for voluntary restraint to be maintained where local conditions merit it across England and Wales for the shooting of ducks, geese, wading birds, coot and moorhen because of the winter weather. Shooting of waterfowl has been legally suspended in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has launched what is believed to be the first fully online and interactive election campaign. It will comprehensively cover all candidates in the next General Election and allows voters to quickly access the candidates standing in their own constituency and to canvass their views on shooting in the U.K.
A group of Dorset Wildfowlers are celebrating after being given a
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation is saddened to learn of the tragic deaths of two members during a shooting expedition in adverse weather conditions.
Cheshire?s otter population will be given a welcome boost in the new year, thanks to a training event being organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Cheshire Wildlife Trust (CWT).
The battle to tackle poachers has been stepped up this Christmas as deer and salmon become the number one targets for criminal gangs operating with no regard for animal welfare or the law.
