Animal Aid has been conducting research into businesses that are claiming funds under Rural Payments schemes, including game bird farms and businesses that offer game bird shooting. ...
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Today marks the start of the partridge shooting season, when these poor, innocent birds will be shot for ‘sport’....
Within days of the ban on snares in Wales receiving Royal Assent, thus making it law, the Scottish Government has announced the launch of a Consultation on the use of...
United Utilities, England’s largest corporate landowner, recently announced that it would not be renewing grouse shooting licences on its land. The company released a statement which read:...
On 27 June, members of the Senedd in Wales voted through a total ban on snares as part of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill!...
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has launched a Consultation on the release of pheasants and partridges into the countryside. Although the Consultation only addresses the release of birds rather than the...
A ban on snares in Wales via the Agriculture (Wales) Bill is progressing well, having passed Stage 3 of the process....
There has been an outbreak of bird flu at the largest game farm in the UK – Bettws Hall in Powys – just days after the mandatory housing measures were...
On 12th May 2021, the Conservative Government published its Action Plan for Animal Welfare, which contained 35 measures to improve the lives of millions of animals, including animals who are...
Wildlife in Britain is rapidly declining due to many factors, such as urbanisation, pollution, pesticide use and climate change. However, many wild animals that do survive are labelled as pests...