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Rule 'chaos' puts shoots at risk
Country Life UK
|July 12, 2023
MORE than 200 English shoots are fearing for their futures after a ‘chaotic’ decision to change licensing laws was implemented in a bid to combat avian flu.
The new rules, which came into force on June 1, mean that shoots wishing to release pheasants (above) or red-legged partridges on a protected area, or within 1,500ft of its boundary, would have to apply for an individual licence that would be assessed by Defra on a case-by-case basis. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) believes that the new licensing rules would affect more than 200 shoots.
This story is from the July 12, 2023 edition of Country Life UK.
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