Michael Gove said he “very much” appreciated the work that gamekeepers and grouse moor managers were undertaking to help fire crews in dealing with the wildfires and restoring peatland.
BASC’s membership team will be posted at each of the Game Fair entrances to process memberships and allow visitors to take advantage of complimentary entry for BASC members.
Game birds are vulnerable and risk has been raised meaning outbreak is ‘likely to occur’.
BASC tells MPs proposed ban on .50 calibre rifles would take away a “legitimate, lawful and safely-conducted sport”.
Come and see sporting cartoonist Bryn Parry’s latest works – bronze sculptures of two of his well-known cartoons – at the BASC stand at the Game Fair.
BASC will challenge environment minister’s late intervention.
News of the decision emerged in a notification made by Defra to the European Commission, which oversees Member States’ implementation of the Agreement on Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS).
Organisations have urged Defra to ensure that lessons are learnt from the devastating moorland fires of this summer.
