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Welfare of deer threatened by Scottish government measures
BASC has described the Scottish government’s response to the deer working group report as a ‘grave concern’ for deer welfare.
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Urgent support required for country sports tourism businesses – an open letter to the Scottish Government
BASC has written an open letter to the Scottish Government regarding the repeated exclusion of country sports businesses from coronavirus financial support in recent months.
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Scottish country sports tourism businesses denied coronavirus funding for a second time
BASC has hit out at the Scottish Government for excluding country sports tourism businesses from coronavirus financial support for a second time.
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Minister ‘appalled’ by widespread gamekeeper abuse
A Scottish Government Minister has written to BASC to say he is ‘appalled’ by widespread gamekeeper abuse in Scotland.
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BASC calls for voluntary restraint of shooting of wildfowl in Scotland
BASC have called for a voluntary restraint of the shooting of wildfowl from the 6th January.
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Scotland’s general licences ‘largely unchanged’ in 2021, says BASC
BASC has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s latest general licences, which will come into force on the 1st January 2021.
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Scottish Greens’ nature emergency declaration treats moorland ‘with contempt’
BASC has challenged the Scottish Green Party’s nature emergency declaration which calls for an end to driven grouse moor management practices.
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New Scottish Government funded research confirms major socio-economic importance of grouse shooting
A ground-breaking new study has highlighted that grouse shooting delivers significant socio-economic benefits.
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‘Eyewatering’ losses hit Scottish rural economy following self-catering accommodation restrictions
Tens of thousands of pounds worth of losses hit the rural economy following a Scottish Government u-turn on self-catering accommodation restrictions.
