Nick Herbert: Change is no longer a choice
Our Chair, Nick Herbert, has written about the long history of political attacks on hunting and the current fight for...
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The Government responds to Wild Justice's...
On 16 January the Government published its response to the petition to ban grouse shooting, launched by Wild Justice on...
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Tim Bonner: Labour continues to misfire
The last time fees for firearms licences were reviewed was in 2014 so none of us can argue that it was not time for an...
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Hunt saboteur convicted of aggravated...
Following a two-day trial at Northampton Magistrates Court which concluded on 18 December 2024, a hunt saboteur has...
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30 councils join town hall rebellion against...
Thirty town halls across the country have openly rebelled against the family farm tax in a campaign supported by the...
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Government imposes 157% shotgun fee increase
The Home Office published on 15 January 2025 its new fee structure for firearms licensing. Only two days previously, on...
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Farmers make their presence felt at Holyrood
Holyrood has been responsible for delivering funding to our farming sector for some time now and this, coupled with the...
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Rogue rewilding in Scotland
The illegal release of two lynx into the Cairngorms National Park last Wednesday (8 January) was thought to be either...
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Tim Bonner: Conspiracy theories and animal...
There continues to be something about hunting that encourages an epic loss of common sense from otherwise sane and...
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Tim Bonner: Tax, fees and trail hunting:...
Making predictions about politics is an increasingly challenging task, but with all the usual caveats there are a...
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Countryside Alliance voices dominate Boxing...
Boxing Day saw reports of huge support for hunts up and down the country. Pictures of crowds gathering to greet hounds...
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Defra mandates bird housing in Eastern...
From noon on 23 December, all bird keepers in Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City...
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