New Shooting Law - update - blame Europe
There has been some concern and confusion over paragraph 4 of the Terms and Conditions of three of the licences which require that users must demonstrate that appropriate non-lethal methods of control are either ineffective or impracticable...
Since 1979, the EC Birds Directive has protected all birds. However, it is open to Member States to make exceptions to this protection in certain circumstances. In the UK, game birds can be shot during specified open seasons and bird pests can be controlled for the specific purposes mentioned above where there is no other satisfactory solution. These exemptions and conditions have not changed in substance as a result of the new general licences. The new wording simply clarifies what is expected of those who relied on general licences in the past and those who wish to rely on them in the future....
Hum - not sure..