Category: Shooting (42)

Rural groups take next step in legal bid to...

Our letter to The Times

Following an article in The Times titled 'RSPB fights officials over hen harriers' (Friday 7th December 2018) we sent...

Grouse shortage costs rural areas millions –...

On Saturday 8th December, The Telegraph published our analysis on the shortage of grouse this year and how it has cost...

Goose removed from quarry list despite...

Despite an extremely successful voluntary moratorium on the shooting of Greenland White-fronted Geese (GWfG) being in...

Offensive Weapon Bill amendment agreed

Following last week's news (22 November) that the Government had decided to proceed with an amendment to remove the ban...

High standards key to growth of game meat...

The Government has signalled that an increase in overseas demand for game meat will depend on "high standards of...

Best of British terriers

Loyal, intelligent and full of personality… terrier breeds vary enormously, although most are tenacious and have a...

Now Government must get a grip on firearms...

Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Tim Bonner writes:

Defra Minister discusses game meat market

This British Game Week the growth of the game meat market was discussed at the highest levels of Government. Defra...

Countryside Alliance calls on the Government...

The Countryside Alliance has welcomed the Government's decision not to proceed with a ban on high calibre rifles and...

Lords celebrate Great British Game Week

Senior members of the House of Lords gathered on Wednesday 21 November for a special lunch hosted by Countryside...

Pheasant Cup 2018 – voting now open!

Great British Game Week is about celebrating all that is great about wild game and promoting it to those who might not...