What does the British Game Alliance do? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 35
Will coronavirus lead to a game meat ban? Did the BGA sell out to BASC? What about the lead shot ban? Incoming BGA chief executive Liam Stokes talks to Charlie Jacoby about the future of his organisation and what he plans for members, for the public, and for government. Marketing pheasant meat: the British Game […]
Major gamekeeping college to close
One of the UK’s premier gamekeeping colleges is to shut. Newton Rigg in Cumbria is the only college with its own grousemoor. Askham Bryan College has announced a proposal to close its Newton Rigg Campus at the end of the next academic year in summer 2021. The Newton Rigg Gamekeeping Department released a statement saying […]
Irish U-turn on pigeonshooting ban
Ireland has reversed changes to the longstanding derogation on Pigeon shooting. This gives back permission to tillage farmers and cereal growers to protect their crops from pigeon damage. Earlier in May 2020, Ireland banned pigeonshooting from 31 May to 1 September. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan ordered the end of summer […]
