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Call to action issued following Minister’s anti-shooting comments

The current direction of travel is wholly damaging to the Welsh countryside and rural Wales.

Once occupied, installing duck nest tubes can increase mallard hatching rates to more than 90 per cent.

Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds will be lifted from 18 April in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

More than 100 attendees from across the East of England took part in the event.

BASC held its annual Gamekeepers’ Day at Blair Castle in Perthshire on Monday 28 March.

Scotland’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has issued a ‘call for views’ on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.

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.

BASC has raised significant concerns with the Scottish Government’s Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, published today.