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BASC to brief key MEP on European firearm proposals
BASC will attend a key meeting to brief Vicky Ford MEP, who is leading on the European Parliament’s scrutiny of European Commission proposals to amend the Firearms Directive.
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4,000 try shooting with BASC’s shooting simulator
More than 4,000 people tried shooting sports for the first time in 2015 using BASC’s state-of-the-art shooting simulator.
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Shooting’s contribution to biodiversity keeps growing
Commenting on Defra’s 2015 UK Biodiversity Indicators Report, BASC, the UK’s largest shooting organisation, has said it is concerned by the continuing downward trend in a number of key indicators but stressed shooting’s contribution to biodiversity and the wider health of the countryside. The report shows continuing declines in farmland Read more…
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Leading Country Sports Organisations Meet NI Environment Minister on Snares
Representatives from Northern Ireland’s two main countryside organisations, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Countryside Alliance Ireland (CAI), met with NI Environment Minister Mark H Durkan at Stormont.
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BASC comments on new LACS CEO
Commenting on the appointment of Eduardo Goncalves as the new Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports Richard Ali, Chief Executive of BASC, the UK’s largest shooting organisation, said:
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BASC launches search for Britain’s best Young Shots conservation project
BASC is launching a national competition to find the best shooting conservation project carried out by young people in Britain.
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BASC welcomes new MCZs
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting organisation with 146 affiliated wildfowling clubs, has welcomed the government’s announcement of new Marine Conservation Zones designed to protect vulnerable species and habitats which are not protected by existing designations.
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BASC welcomes publication of the Hen Harrier Action Plan
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting organisation, has welcomed the publication by Defra today of the Hen Harrier Action Plan.
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UK Game Shoots Urged to Heed French Bird Flu Outbreak
Britain’s shooting organisations are jointly urging their members to pay heed to a developing outbreak of Bird Flu in SW France.
