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Environment Committee to take further evidence on SRSG's petition calling for introduction of state-regulated licensing for gamebird hunting
31 January 2017
Last summer the SRSG, with support from RSPB Scotland, lodged a petition calling for the introduction of state-regulated licensing for all gamebird hunting in Scotland. Over the autumn period, the Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Committee took evidence from various stakeholder groups and then passed the petition to another committee for further scrutiny. That committee is the Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee and today it decided to seek further evidence from stakeholders. The committee has also written to the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment asking for the urgent publication of the Government-commissioned Review on Gamebird Licensing in other countries, which was due to be published last autumn. This review will help the committee to understand licensing systems in other countries and compare their success/failure with the current light touch regulation in Scotland.

Galloway Red Kite Trail worth millions to local economy
10 January 2017
A red kite trail in Dumfries and Galloway is worth millions of pounds to the local economy, a report has found. The Galloway Kite Trail was launched in 2003 in an area north of Castle Douglas. The latest study of its economic value concluded it had contributed more than £8.2m since it opened to the public. It has attracted more than 100,000 visitors and supported the equivalent of about 20 full-time jobs in the region. Further details here

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