BASC launches new GSC1 course for novice shots
22nd June 2021
BASC has launched a GSC1 course aimed at the novice shot to improve success in the field and provide an accessible route into game shooting.
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BASC birdboxes inspire Aspire
18th June 2021
BASC has been working with Blackpool Aspire Academy to inspire students to get involved in practical conservation projects at school.
BASC joins forces with Angling Trust on animal sentience
16th June 2021
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.
A pigeon among the cats
16th June 2021
Guest blogger and keen wildfowler, Gethin Jones, reviews Mary Cowell’s latest book Beak, Tooth and Claw – Living with Predators in Britain.
Fur trade ‘public attitudes’ survey sets a dangerous precedent
15th June 2021
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.
Learning through experience – duck nest tubes
11th June 2021
Innis Finlay talks about how vital it is for shooters to actively participate in conservation projects that bring real benefit, such as the duck nesting tubes project.
BBC Scotland’s Landward highlights abuse of Scottish gamekeepers
11th June 2021
BASC gamekeeper, Mike Holliday, has hit out at the abuse of Scottish gamekeepers on BBC Scotland’s flagship rural programme, Landward.
BASC’s Shoot Visits ‘hitting their mark’
9th June 2021
More than 100 shoots have already taken advantage of BASC’s shoot visit briefings.
What does the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill mean for shooting?
9th June 2021
Conor O’Gorman takes a closer look at the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill and its potential consequences to shooting.
