- Latest news
BASC raises key issues for shooting at Labour conference
BASC has urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters during its reception at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this weekend.
- Offbeat
Should we play politics with animals’ feelings?
BASC’s Dr Conor O’Gorman considers the progress of the government’s Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill and the risk it poses to sustainable shooting and rural life.
- Offbeat
Government trophy hunting inquiry – will the truth prevail?
Read Conor O’Gorman’s blog on the government’s new Animals Abroad inquiry and why this is an important opportunity for MPs to hear the evidence on overseas hunting and the import of trophies.
- Offbeat
Five years on: the landslide grouse debate
Five years on from the last parliamentary debate on driven grouse shooting, yesterday’s Westminster debate was a showcase for the work being undertaken by landowners and gamekeepers, writes Gareth Dockerty.
- Latest news
BASC joins forces with Angling Trust on animal sentience
BASC has joined forces with the Angling Trust to lobby on the upcoming Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, highlighting the potential impact the law could have on sustainable shooting and angling.
- Features
Fur trade ‘public attitudes’ survey sets a dangerous precedent
BASC’s Conor O’Gorman says a public attitudes survey on the UK fur trade risks government policy decisions being based on emotion rather than evidence.
- Offbeat
Election analysis: a new Scottish Government
BASC Scotland’s public affairs manager, Ross Ewing, explores what the next five years could mean for shooting as the new session of the Scottish Parliament gets underway.
- Features
Sustainable shooting key to government’s nature recovery plans
Read Dr Conor O’Gorman’s blog on the role sustainable shooting has to play in the government’s ambitious plans for nature recovery in England.
BASC Wales
Shooting’s role outlined to the new Welsh parliament
Following Senned elections on 6 May, find out what the formation of the new Welsh Government means for shooting and rural life in Wales.