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Free Deer Collisions app will help to map deer casualties Previous Next By Shooting UK. Friday, 24 May 2013. Deer Collisions Oh Deer! App: Deer Collisions, a project that monitors and researches road traffic accidents involving deer, has launched a free smartphone app that allows users to log deer road casualty locations. The ‘OhDeer!’ app will help to map deer casualties throughout Britain and will allow users to view data submitted by other users. . . The number of road accident... (more)
Natural England issues first licence to control buzzards to protect gamebirds By Alastair Balmain. Thursday, 23 May 2013. Government agency issues buzzard nest destruction licence to a small shoot after exhaustive trialling of non-lethal methods to prevent predation and economic loss. The first licence for the control of buzzards to protect gamebird stocks was issued in April by Natural England, it was revealed today after a Freedom of Information request by the RSPB. It was not, however, the... (more)
KC supports springer health survey By Kate Gatacre. Thursday, 23 May 2013. Breed health tool receives official backing. A recently launched breed health survey for English springer spaniels (ESS) has received backing from the Kennel Club (KC).. . The survey, compiled by the joint health co-ordinators for the UK’s ESS breed clubs, is designed to give a stronger picture of the health and temperament of the breed in the UK.. . It will ask owners to submit reports on their healthy dogs, as ... (more)
Channel 4's Green and Pleasant Land full of inaccuracies Previous Next By Shooting Times. Thursday, 23 May 2013. Last fortnight's Channel 4 Green and Pleasant Land, was supposed to highlight the decline in some of the UK's wildlife due to climate change, but presenter Jon Snow accused gamekeepers of killing a good number of elements from the food chain. While in an article linked to the series, shooters were named as one of the main causes of the decline in hare numbers.. . Channel 4 used fig... (more)
Call to respond to EU consultation By Kate Gatacre. Wednesday, 22 May 2013. Shooters urged to complete EU firearms survey. The UK’s fieldsports organisations have renewed their calls for shooters to respond to the EU firearms consultation. There are concerns that the consultation could be used to gain legitimacy from public opinion to restrict further the legal acquisition and possession of sporting firearms.. . BASC told Shooting Times that the server hosting the questionnaire had cras... (more)
Study shows countryside has lost faith in coalition By Kate Gatacre. Wednesday, 22 May 2013. A survey shows that only 16 per cent of those living in rural Britain think that the coalition's policies have helped those living in the countryside. A recent study by research consultancy ComRes, commissioned by the Countryside Alliance (CA), has found that only 16 per cent of those living in rural Britain think that the coalition’s policies have helped those living in the countryside. Two-thi... (more)
Headkeeper to hold charity shoot at Glanusk Estate Powys Previous Next By Shooting UK. Wednesday, 22 May 2013. Steve Bignell, headkeeper at Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell, is organising a charity clay shoot on June 9th. The shoot is being held to raise money to purchase an off-road wheelchair for Steve’s seven-year-old daughter, Lily, (pictured) who suffers with Cerebral Palsy and can not venture past her own garden gate without this chair.. . No booking required. All welcome!. . There wil... (more)
Lancashire Police receive reports of wallaby sightings Previous Next By Shooting Times. Tuesday, 21 May 2013. Lancashire Police has been receiving reports of wallaby sightings in the woods around Winmarleigh and Nateby. The creature is thought to have escaped from a nearby farm.. . Lancashire Police’s Dave Kerfoot posted an image of the animal crossing a road (pictured) on the Garstang and Over Wyre Facebook page. . . . . In January, a local resident contacted the police about a large b... (more)
London Shooting Club launched By Martin Puddifer. Monday, 20 May 2013. London Shooting Club: A new and exclusive members club and concierge service specialising in providing access to shoots both in the UK and abroad has been launched today. Based at West London Shooting School but using other grounds around the capital, the London Shooting Club offers tailor-made services to like-minded sporting individuals whatever their skill level. . . The London Shooting Club also offers a concierge serv... (more)
Virgin unblocks access to shooting websites on mobile phones Previous Next By Shooting Times. Monday, 20 May 2013. Under-18 filters that stopped Virgin mobile users’ access to fieldsports websites are unblocked after talks with BASC. Following talks with BASC, people using Virgin mobile phones will now be able to visit shooting websites. . . Complex under-18 filters, which are the default setting on Virgin Mobile phones, meant that shooters were unable to access websites that had anythi... (more)
