Blogs
13/9/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , Letters
11/6/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Pheasants & Releasing , General Licences
One of the replacement General Licences, issued by Natural England in April to protect livestock, is facing a potential legal challenge (General Licence WML - GL26).
28/3/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , Letters
6/3/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , Letters , GWCT Wales
23/11/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , GWCT Wales
The Welsh environment minister, Hannah Blythyn, cancelled her meeting with the GWCT only days after we published a poll which revealed 61% of the Welsh public thought she was wrong to end pheasant shooting on some of their land.This was odd because only months ago she wrote to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) stating that the Welsh Government policy on firearms must take into consideration public opinion here. Her office stated that since some organisations (not the GWCT) are taking her decision to court she can’t talk to anyone...
6/11/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , GWCT Wales
A new independent survey reveals Welsh Environment Minister Hannah Blythyn was wrong to end pheasant shooting on Welsh government land and to go against the recommendation of the government body paid to advise her on the environment.
16/10/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , GWCT Wales
Andrew Gilruth examines the Natural Resources Wales review into the use of firearms on their land and the decisive intervention from the Welsh Minister for Environment.
5/10/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Pheasants & Releasing , Letters
Sir, Chris Luffingham suggests pheasant shooting is just about the money however, repeated GWCT studies have shown it is also about conservation.
9/4/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Pheasants & Releasing
We respond to a recent letter in The Courier, which suggested that pheasants were to blame for the spread of Lyme disease.
28/7/2016 in: Rotherfield Demonstration Project Blog under: Rotherfield , Grey partridge , Pheasants & Releasing
Francis Buner explains how he uses camera traps to give him an early indication of how successful the breeding season has been.
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