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How does an increase in heather cover affect the red grouse population?

How does grouse moor management affect the abundance and breeding success of red grouse and hen harriers?

Grand Grouse Draw

The Grand Grouse Draw is a unique chance to win a day’s driven grouse shooting in Scotland for you and seven of your friends for as little as £2 a ticket. Each year the Trust sources a day of driven grouse shooting in Scotland, which we raffle off throughout the year, announcing the winner in mid...

2013 Grand Grouse Draw

The lucky winner of this year's Grand Grouse Draw is Mr Lindsay Marshall from Lockerley in Hampshire, a long-standing member of the Trust. Lindsay and eight friends look forward to the most exciting sport available as guests of Mr Charles Connell on his glorious Garrogie & Stronelairg Estates...

Legal and humane fox control in Scotland

‘Umbrella’ law covering snaring in Scotland (you can download our Practitioners' Guide here) is the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended by the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. Subsequent legislation has focused on animal welfare, training, responsibility and record keeping and c...

Predation control law and best practice

Predation management is an integral part of game and wildlife management in the British countryside. Over many years of research GWCT science has demonstrated the part predation management plays in protecting game and conserving vulnerable species such as ground nesting birds. It is becoming inc...

Hardware vs practice

Q: Is the risk of injury dependent on the design of the snare, or on the way it is used?A: Both are critical. Snares that conform to the code of practice are designed to restrain rather than kill, and in most instances will release non-target animals that encounter them. Foxes and any non-targets...

Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS)

The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) is an attempt to establish and enforce an international standard on humaneness for traps. It was implemented in the UK on 1 April 2020, so here is what you need to know. [Updated 1 April 2020] What is AIHTS? What does AIHTS mean fo...

Tunnel traps

Tunnel trapping describes the use of spring traps (kill traps) to catch small mammalian predators and pests. Under the Pest Act 1954, the only kill traps allowed are those approved by the appropriate Ministry (currently Defra) and listed in statutes (Spring Trap Approval Orders). Trap approval ge...

Legalities of snaring

Responsibility Under all legislation relating to wild animals and snares, the responsibility rests with you – the snare operator – not with your employer, your supplier, the snare manufacturer or any advisor. As a snare user it is you that is open to prosecution for malpractice. Legitimate use In...