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Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…
You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…
There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
The Royal Navy’s submarine-hunting Merlin helicopters will receive world-class maintenance under a £165 million contract extension, supporting 1,000 skilled UK jobs.
British defence jobs have been boosted and British sailors will be better protected following delivery of the first end-to-end autonomous UK mine hunting vessel, known as ‘Ariadne’, which will boost as Royal Navy capabilities.
Fishing rod licences, permission and byelaws, lawful hunting
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
British soldiers are to be better shielded from danger as a new high-tech, remote-controlled mine plough system is put through its paces.
The UK Pesticides National Action Plan sets out how the Government will work collaboratively with farmers to minimise the impacts of pesticides on people and the environment
Clarification on the MOD’s existing policy on exempt hunting on the defence estate.
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