Welcome
Founded in 1908, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), formerly the Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI), is the largest fieldsports organisation in the UK. It campaigns to protect and promote country shooting and conservation.
Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species.
Today it has 148,000 members and employs over 100 full-time staff across the UK.
BASC’s headquarters is in Rossett, near Chester and throughout the UK support, help and guidance is provided by full-time regional directors centred on four English regions - the North, Central, South East and South West. There is also the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offices. A Council is elected by the Association's members and are responsible for the strategy and management of BASC.
BASC's aims
- To build all-party support for shooting sports.
- To secure balanced coverage in the media.
- To ensure our members have the opportunity and the means to go shooting.
- To promote high standards of conduct in the field and publish a number of codes of practice covering many aspects of firearms safety and use, the conduct of shooting sports, pest control and animal welfare.
- BASC members are expected to obey the law and to observe codes of practice.
More details on all of the above can be found on the BASC website at BASC.org.uk
What's new
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Maserati joins fundraising drive for gamekeepers
Car dealership H.R.Owen Maserati will help BASC’s efforts to raise funds for the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust at this year’s Countryside Clay Shoot.
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Report will lead to better recognition of recreational deer stalkers, says BASC
BASC believes new recommendations made to the Scottish Government will improve deer population management and lead to better recognition of the expertise of deer recreational stalkers.
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BASC tells the BBC 'zero tolerance' for wildlife crime
BASC has told the BBC that the organisation has zero tolerance for wildlife crime.
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Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve ‘plastic pick’
Old fridges, toy cars and drums full of oil were just some of the items collected during an annual clean-up along the foreshore of a Northern England beauty spot.
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Check your security arrangements, BASC urges game farmers
BASC is advising game farmers and people involved in game rearing to check their security arrangements following calls from animal rights extremists to target their activities.
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