The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the Home Office’s decision that firearms dealers in the UK will not have to establish and maintain electronic registers under a new EU directive. Initially, the Home Office had put forward a proposal to give firearms dealers responsibility for complying Read more…
All restrictions following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in ducks on premises in East Yorkshire on 16 November 2014 have now been lifted.
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, (BASC) has called for the immediate resignation of an elected local councillor and animal rights extremist who posted comments on facebook mocking the suicide of a former soldier and game dealer. A further comment called for everyone who Read more…
The Northern Ireland Department of Justice’s latest review of the Northern Ireland firearms licensing system has been challenged by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The challenge came during a firearms licensing fees workshop at Stormont which was organised and hosted by the Read more…
The date of the 2015 Countryside Clay Shoot, organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the CLA, has been announced. The charity shoot will be held at the prestigious Six Mile Bottom estate in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 23rd May 2015. The clay shoot will raise money Read more…
Imposing an unnecessary licensing system on grouse moors would produce unintended consequences which would impact on biodiversity, conservation and rural upland economies. The findings are contained in a paper released by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has invited The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) to participate as a member of a specially convened External Reference Group (ERG) to support their forthcoming thematic inspection of firearms licencing across twelve individual police forces in England and Wales. HMIC regularly conducts Read more…
As the 2014 grouse season closes on the 10th December, the value of grouse shooting and the benefit it brings for the economy and the environment are highlighted in an infographic being sent to MPs by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Moorland Association.
Training has been given to 1,100 Hampshire Police officers and staff over the last year by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The training was given to front-line officers, emergency call handlers, control room staff and force enquiry officers. The aim was to Read more…
