Fixing the broken petitions system in...
Rachel Evans, Director of the Countryside Alliance in Wales, sets out the case for reform of the petitions committee in...
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Countryside Alliance calls on Government to honour firearms consultation
Countryside Alliance calls on Government to...
The Countryside Alliance has today (25 June) written to Home Office Minister, Nick Hurd, seeking assurance that the...
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Rural voters want change from next Prime Minister
Rural voters want change from next Prime...
A major survey of rural voters on the Conservative Party leadership contest has revealed deep frustration in rural...
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Defra reissues licences for pigeon and corvid control
Defra reissues licences for pigeon and...
Yesterday morning BASC Chief Executive, Ian Bell, and I met the Environment Secretary Michael Gove to discuss the...
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Leading organisations respond to Defra's new general licences
Leading organisations respond to Defra's new...
Three new General Licences have been issued by Defra covering the control of 13 species of bird for the purposes of...
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Three new General Licences announced
Three new General Licences announced
Three new general licences for the killing or taking of wild birds in England will be issued at 00:01 on Friday 14 June.
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Countryside Alliance welcomes Operation Owl
Countryside Alliance welcomes Operation Owl
The Countryside Alliance has welcomed Operation Owl, an initiative to reduce the number of illegal attacks on birds of...
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Hope for hen harriers
Hope for hen harriers
The success of the human species inevitably brings us into conflict with wildlife, from hunter gatherers, to the first...
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Countryside Alliance challenges Labour's land reform proposals
Countryside Alliance challenges Labour's...
A report commissioned by the Labour Party and edited by well-known environmentalist, George Monbiot, has recommended...
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Natural England shift blame for General Licence chaos
Natural England shift blame for General...
Natural England has insisted it was "left with no option" but to revoke three General Licences last month following a...
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Government looking to 'maintain access' to the European Firearms Pass
Government looking to 'maintain access' to...
The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, has confirmed that the Government is looking to "maintain access" to the European...
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Michael Gove considers relaxing wood pigeon shooting legislation
Michael Gove considers relaxing wood pigeon...
Defra Secretary of State, Michael Gove, is considering making the woodpigeon a quarry species, with open and close...
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