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Unless the sensible and practical guidelines contained in the Welsh Government Code of best practice on the use of snares in fox control are followed to the letter, the legal entitlement to snare foxes in Wales will be consigned to the history books. 

Making changes to the early lives of young pheasants can help prevent them dying needlessly, University of Exeter researchers have found.

The forever popular illustrated notecards are running low in stock, so the GWCT has decided to run a competition for their followers to design something new.

The Heather Trust and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (Scotland) have announced applications are open for the 2016 Golden Plover Award for Moorland Management.

Members of Young Farmers’ Clubs (YFC) will be joining conservation and farming experts to enhance their understanding and skills in precision arable farming.

There are still places on courses in South Dalton, Yorkshire on Thursday 25th February, Fordingbridge, Hampshire on Friday 26th February and Loddington, Leicestershire on 14th March.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) third Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) is now complete and the results are flooding in!

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is running two half-day courses at Bankfoot, near Perth, on Friday 18 March covering corvid control (including vicarious liability), and tunnel trapping.

Some spaces remain for GWCT Rat Control for Gamekeepers training courses in Angus and Dumfries.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has contributed to a new report showing that simplification of agricultural landscapes can reduce natural pest control.