Your full guide to what happens at puppy shows
It's that time of year again when hunts host their annual puppy show. Usually held at the hunt kennels, these are one of the most highly anticipated events of the summer hunting calendar, particularly for the puppy walkers who take great pride in seeing how their former residents have developed and settled back into kennel life.
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The sale and use of lead shot for live quarry and clay shooting will be banned after a three-year transition, starting from next Summer, meaning that it will be an offence to use shotgun cartridges loaded with lead shot for game shooting from the 2029/2030 season onwards. This applies in England, Scotland and Wales.
This was announced on Thursday 10 July by the Minister, Emma Hardy MP on the Defra website, and covers all aspects of the government’s decisions on the use of lead in ammunition for live quarry and target shooting.
Wild Justice's petition annihilated by MPs
Wild Justice’s latest petition to ban driven grouse shooting was debated by MPs in Westminster Hall on Monday 30 June. This petition made the same sweeping allegations as their previous one which was debated in 2021 and, as was the case then, yesterday’s debate provided a marvellous opportunity to set out the enormous benefits of grouse shooting and its associated moorland management to wildlife, communities and the environment.
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Your full guide to what happens at puppy shows
It's that time of year again when hunts host their annual puppy show. Usually held at the hunt kennels, these are one of the most highly anticipated events of the summer hunting calendar, particularly for the puppy walkers who take great pride in seeing how their former residents have developed and settled back into kennel life.
Defra to ban lead shot
The sale and use of lead shot for live quarry and clay shooting will be banned after a three-year transition, starting from next Summer, meaning that it will be an offence to use shotgun cartridges loaded with lead shot for game shooting from the 2029/2030 season onwards. This applies in England, Scotland and Wales.
This was announced on Thursday 10 July by the Minister, Emma Hardy MP on the Defra website, and covers all aspects of the government’s decisions on the use of lead in ammunition for live quarry and target shooting.
Wild Justice's petition annihilated by MPs
Wild Justice’s latest petition to ban driven grouse shooting was debated by MPs in Westminster Hall on Monday 30 June. This petition made the same sweeping allegations as their previous one which was debated in 2021 and, as was the case then, yesterday’s debate provided a marvellous opportunity to set out the enormous benefits of grouse shooting and its associated moorland management to wildlife, communities and the environment.
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