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Countryside Alliance letter published in the...
Our Director of Shooting, Adrian Blackmore, has responded to a recent newspaper article which reported that the RSPB...
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The transition from lead shot: Alliance...
The RSPB and WWT have this week published an open letter to the joint signatories of a statement by shooting...
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Countryside Alliance to attend Home Office...
The Home Office has launched a review of firearms licensing fees and a Working Group has been set up. The Countryside...
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General licences in Wales set to turn...
The Board of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has pushed through changes to the General Licensing system following NRW's...
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Peers take aim at shooting sector
Lord Randall's Game Birds (Cage Breeding) Bill received its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday. Although...
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Tim Bonner: New pandemic problems for...
After two years of covid-interrupted shooting we were all looking forward to a return to normality this autumn....
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Avian Influenza update in France
The Countryside Alliance, alongside other organisations, have been in constant contact with the relevant Government...
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A study into the transition from lead shot
A recent study by the University of Cambridge has found that the voluntary phase out of lead shot has so far had little...
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Wild Justice falsely claims win over Defra
The Countryside Alliance has welcomed the news that Defra is ready to fight Wild Justice's latest legal challenge in...
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Land-based jobs are a true vocation and...
This week was National Careers Week in Scotland and it was heartening to hear that Scotland's rural colleges have been...
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Natural England Gamebird Licensing in 2022
In 2021, pheasants and red legged partridges needed a licence for release on or close to some protected sites for the...
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