2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (559+ words) Countryside Alliance Tim Bonner: The end of rewilding? There have been plenty of people giving their views on the role rewilding has played in the recent spate of wildfires and I am not going to add to them. What has…...

23+ hour, 19+ min ago   (553+ words) The arrival of Andy Burnham in Downing Street is an opportunity for Labour to reset its relationship with the countryside after the multiple missteps of the Starmer years. Almost since the day Labour took office rural communities have felt that…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (374+ words) The correspondence that the Countryside Alliance has seen is the missing link in a three-month timeline that started with the publication of the government’s Animal Welfare Strategy in December last year, and concluded with the surprise inclusion in March’s Land…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (550+ words) For generations, wildfowlers have been part of the fabric of Lough Neagh. Long before conservation became a political buzzword, local shooting clubs were managing wetlands, controlling predators, installing nesting tubes, clearing litter and protecting the habitats that support thousands of…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (419+ words) Countryside Alliance Natural England acted "beyond its powers" in its recent licensing regime for gamebird release on Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) - this is the headline judgement handed down in the Royal Courts of Justice…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (376+ words) Countryside Alliance Northern Ireland and the fight to save hunting There is no justification for legislation to restrict or prohibit hunting with hounds. John Blair's Bill seems to go further, however, and is significantly more far-reaching than previous iterations, including…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (303+ words) The Future for Hunting campaign is delighted to announce a new collaboration with acclaimed sculptor Zoe Carmichael, who has generously pledged to support the campaign through the sale of a stunning limited-edition bronze sculpture of a foxhound. Zoe, whose work…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (427+ words) As we enter the 2026/27 season, where hunt staff, masters and other hunt officials either take on new positions on 1 May or reflect on their time in a role which they’ve since retired or moved on from, we look at the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (302+ words) When one examines the rhetoric used by anti groups when they talk about trail hunting or game shooting it becomes clear that their motivation is not animal welfare, it is a hatred of people. Indeed the comments section of most…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (407+ words) As part of the government’s consultation on amending the seasons for various bird species in England, Scotland and Wales came the news that the government is proposing to create a close season for woodpigeon in Britain. On the face of…...