BASC Wales
Retired gamekeeper takes top honours at Crufts
A retired gamekeeper from North Wales and his dog “Tingvelle Morning Mist” have taken the top honours in the gamekeeping classes at Crufts 2008.
A retired gamekeeper from North Wales and his dog “Tingvelle Morning Mist” have taken the top honours in the gamekeeping classes at Crufts 2008.
Sporting shooters in the UK will now be able to sharpen their skills with the same state-of-the-art shooting simulator that the Russian and Slovakian Olympic shooting teams are using ahead of the Beijing Games this year.
Gamekeepers from the south west will be competing for a place in the final of a national clay shooting competition.
After discussing the issue at a meeting in Whitehall with BASC, Defra Minister Lord Rooker said that the GB poultry register should only be used for the purpose of fighting disease.
An Oxfordshire brewery has hosted another Taste of Game evening with fifty diners enjoying a game buffet and beer tasting.
A major initiative to save water voles has been launched after experts warned that they could become extinct in parts of North Wales in the next ten years.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is holding a one-day gundog training clinic this month to help novice gundog owners and those who need advice on particular gundog handling problems.
Young shots from Hampshire have been learning about deer management from the Forestry Commission’s New Forest keepers this week.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed Defra’s decision to allow landowners to decide the priorities for the management of wild boar populations.