We believe that it will drive a move towards higher standards and more sustainable approaches to gamebird shooting in line with the common standards of regulation of gamebird shooting adopted in most other European countries.
Proposed Code of Practice
Animal welfare and conservation organisations tend to be supportive of the proposed introduction of a Code of Practice, for example to implement recommendations of the Werritty review on medicated grit, and to ensure that as a whole grouse moor management is environmentally sustainable.