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moorlands - campaign updates
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 |
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Conservationists, landowners and managers face a continuing challenge in ensuring that endangered bird species remain a key part England’s uplands. Whilst the positive stories for some of those species is excellent news, there is understandable concern for those that are doing less well.
As an integral feature of the uplands, grouse moors and their management have played a large part in producing a landscape that is both rich in wildlife and biodiversity. Home to the red grouse, this is a species that is only found in those areas that are dominated by heather moorland, and it is unique to the United Kingdom. Many people do not realise that grouse are truly wild, and that unlike pheasant and partridge its population is not maintained or increased by the release of birds which have been hatched or reared in captivity. Living on the moor all year round, red grouse travel very little during their lives, and their particular vulnerability to predation, disease, weather and loss of suitable habitat makes the preservation of this species both demanding and important. |
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shooting views
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Friday, 27 November 2009 |
Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart urges trust between the Police and the shooting community: The relationship between the Police and the shooting community is generally a warm one, the odd firearms licensing issue aside. The police respect those who use legal firearms as a responsible part of the community and are keen to differentiate between legal and illegal gun use.
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consultations and responses
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 |
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The Countryside Alliance has welcomed the consultation and the draft code of practice on the welfare of 'gamebirds reared for sporting purposes'. The draft code is the result of several years work by the Defra working group, which included vets, the Game Farmer's Association and animal welfare organisations. The final code is expected to come into force in April 2010. The code reflects the results and findings of research undertaken by the Game and Wildlife Conservancy Trust and the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), at the request of Defra. |
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reports
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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The Telegraph reported this week how a new report has shown how consumption of game dishes has soared as shoppers become more adventurous with their choices. New figures released from TNS Worldpanel confirmed that consumption of game in the UK has risen by 15% in the last year. The research shows that game was eaten in shops, pubs and restaurants on 31.7 million occasions. This is fantastic news for the Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat promotional campaign, now in its 9th year. Game-to-Eat has organised in-store sampling of hot British Gressingham Pheasant in a number of Tesco stores across the country on 19 and 20 November. Click here to view the stores participating in tastings on Thursday 19th November, and here to view those participating on Friday 20th November.You can read the Telegraph article here . |
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guidelines and regulations
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
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Shoot VAT exemption
Two important articles are available on this subject. One written exclusively for the Alliance by tax expert Julie Butler explains how a significant number of shoots can legitimately qualify for the VAT exemption status. Another written for The Field magazine [July edition] by Tony Ball outlines the ferocious yet unfounded pursuit of his shoot by HMRC. Tony offers some sound advice to complement Julie’s article. Please call us on 0871 919 2300* find out more (calls cost 10p per minute). |
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guidelines and regulations
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
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FACE – Federation of Associations for Country Sports in Europe
The Countryside Alliance is active in Europe both in its own right and through its membership of FACE. FACE-UK consists of 19 members representing all the major UK organisations involved with rural pursuits and FACE-Europe has 36 nations as members from both within the European Union and the remainder of Europe. Tim Hoggarth is our European Officer who also acts as the FACE-UK Executive Officer. |
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guidelines and regulations
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
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1. Alliance chairs Shoot Summit
Simon Hart, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, has inherited the Chairmanship of the Shoot Summit which is a coalition of interests of membership groups with an interest in the future of shooting, including BASC and CLA. The Summit meets periodically to discuss key threats and opportunities facing shooting, to try and establish some consistent policy and, failing that, to manage our disagreements sensibly. In these testing times, the concept of co-operation between groups has to be a good thing, and whilst the Summit does not pretend to be a governing body in its own right, it has an important role to fulfil. |
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