Countryside Alliance News

Tim Bonner: Animal rights extremists target...

There is always a quandary about whether to discuss the actions of animal rights extremists. On the one hand it gives...

Hunt carol service sees largest ever support...

A popular rural carol service, which was moved on police advice following a hate campaign against local clergy by hunt...

Defra publishes risk assessment which lacks...

Defra has today published a risk assessment that focuses on the risks of transmission of the highly pathogenic avian...

Countryside Alliance 2021 Annual Report

UPDATE: Avian Influenza - Defra launches new...

Defra has launched a new online reporting system to report dead wild birds in Great Britain, as part of the response to...

Tim Bonner: The RSPB's hen harrier hypocrisy

You may remember that in 2020 a Countryside Alliance investigation revealed that the RSPB had blocked the...

Final Commons hurdle for Levelling-up Bill

A briefing note from the Countryside Alliance on the Remaining Stages of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill in the...

Calls for more checks on hunt saboteur...

A military-style vehicle belonging to anti-hunt activists was towed away from outside a hunt kennels in a quiet country...

Equipment theft debate highlights Rural...

On Friday 02 December, Greg Smith MP presented his Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill in the House of Commons. He...

How the Online Safety Bill can better tackle...

In this briefing we summarise the primary improvements the Countryside Alliance believes could be made to this Bill so...

New Bill tackles agricultural equipment theft

A Countryside Alliance briefing on the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill, scheduled for its Second Reading in the House...

Tim Bonner: The Government must not make...

When the Alliance is discussing the green agenda the focus is usually on issues like regenerative farming, tree...