Labour calls for review of grouse shooting on eve of ‘glorious 12th’
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4N33Y)
Party points to environmental impact of driven shooting as well as 3m a year subsidy to largest moors
Labour has called for a formal review into driven grouse shooting to examine its environmental and economic impacts, as well as possible alternatives such as simulated shoots and wildlife tourism.
Under such shoots, beaters drive the birds towards the shooters in an organised way. With a four-month season starting from the "glorious 12th" of August, it is a highly managed commercial process.
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