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Welcome to CATV, featuring a series of short films made by our film unit. The films cover a diverse range of issues and are an important way of getting our messages across.

February 2012 - The Yorkshire Dales are a paradise for rabbits. In order to save the grass for the sheep, that means a lot of fun ferreting and working longdogs. Countryside Alliance director shooting David Taylor goes out with some of the top dog people in the UK to learn about working whippets.


 

December 2011: Michael Thompson, Master of The Blencathra Foxhounds, the legendary Cumbrian fell pack, and Huntsman Barry Todhunter, discuss the Hunting Act and the impact it has had. And the CA encourages you to support your hunt this Boxing Day.

 

December 2011: Countryside Alliance shooting campaign manager David Taylor continues Taylor's Travels around the UK - in this instalment David goes wildfowling in Cumbria.

 

 

November 2011: Countryside Alliance shooting campaign manager David Taylor meets Highland keeper Jimmie Irvine on an estate in the Monadhliath Hills to watch this great natural drama play out - and learn a little about the politics of deer management in Scotland.

  

November 2011: Shooting Campaign Manager David Taylor heads to Easter Ross in the North of Scotland in search of geese.

  

September 2011: The campaigns team is heading off on the Party Conference marathon over the coming weeks. The Conference theme for us this year is the work of The Countryside Alliance Foundation, and this short film will be playing on a loop on-stand. Delegtes will be able to sign up their support of our outdoor education and will also be invited to try a fishing game on a Wii!

 

September 2011: Youngsters keen on a career in hunting are able to undertake an NVQ in animal care via approved skills provider Haddon Training. The course, which has been designed in collaboration with the MFHA, provides a solid qualification for those set on a career in hunting. Watch the short film on the course here, and hear NVQ learner William Parker, who is learning on site with the Kimblewick, talk about taking the course.

  

August 2011: The Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth Estate Manager Nick Wood explain what winning the Countryside Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award means to them.

 

July 2011: Top Chef Lee Maycock takes Game-to-Eat's message to some catering students at Hertford College.

June 2011: Our short film on food labelling exposes the scandal of Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) 

 

June 2011: Charles Jardine and the pupils of Midhurst Rother College in Sussex show you why The Countryside Alliance Foundation's Fishing for Schools project is a winner

 

Television presenter and countryman Phil Spencer goes pigeon shooting and ends the day taking a deer too! 

 

 Countryside Alliance Director for Wales Rachel Evans looks at the big issues facing rural Wales

 

CA Chief Executive Alice Barnard sets out her stall for 2011

 

Ahead of the Government's response to the Home Affairs Select Committee's Firearms Report, CA Deputy Chief Executive Rob Gray looks at what the Government will do 

 

The Quantock Staghounds issue a compelling call for repeal of the Hunting Act

 

The Countryside Alliance is a major backer of Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the fly fishing charity for women who have, or have had, breast cancer. Watch the movie here.

 

New CA Chief Executive Alice Barnard talks about rural issues

  

Every autumn, Scottish stags clatter into each other and roar out their desire for their hinds.

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