- Crowds flock to market squares and village meets across Scotland on New Years day to demonstrate support for their local foxhound packMonday, 1 January 2018A survey of registered foxhound packs has found that 70% have more women participants and 54% have more young people than they did ten years ago. Over 94% had members in every age category.Read more
Countryside Alliance’s Director for Scotland Jamie Stewart said: “There are very few activities which demonstratively bring the generations and genders together and many packs meeting today will have active participants of every age with many children riding out with their parents and grandparents for the first time.”
“In addition to the most welcome age demographics, the use of social media has brought the reality of the activity to the attention of a greater number of people than ever before and offers us the opportunity to broadcast the truth about our activities as many who would see it end try to influence the public and decision makers with misleading and disingenuous information.
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A survey of registered foxhound packs has found that 70% have more women participants and 54% have more young people than they did ten years ago. Over 94% had members in every age category.
Countryside Alliance’s Director for Scotland Jamie Stewart said: “There are very few activities which demonstratively bring the generations and genders together and many packs meeting today will have active participants of every age with many children riding out with their parents and grandparents for the first time.”
“In addition to the most welcome age demographics, the use of social media has brought the reality of the activity to the attention of a greater number of people than ever before and offers us the opportunity to broadcast the truth about our activities as many who would see it end try to influence the public and decision makers with misleading and disingenuous information.
We hope you enjoy the short film and welcome your feedback - Online questionnaire about firearms licensing in ScotlandFriday, 20 October 2017
- Members of the National Trust have been invited to elect up to six candidates for the Council ahead of the AGM on 21st October.Thursday, 19 October 2017
- Sufficient evidence to support the practice of tail shortening in certain dog breeds in conjunction with shooting, principally Spaniels and HPR’s.Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Clay Shoot that almost matches the excitement of a big day at WhitfieldThursday, 13 April 2017For the game shot this is the perfect close season challengeRead more
- Scottish Countryside Alliance responds to Cabinet Secretary’s announcementThursday, 2 February 2017
- Well-wishers and supporters attending the many New Year’s Day (second of Jan) meets across ScotlandThursday, 5 January 2017
- Those in possession of an airgun without a certificate after 31 December could face a custodial sentence and fine, or both.Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- SCA response to inquiry into Protection of Wild Mammals Scotland Act 2002Monday, 21 November 2016Report reject calls for further restrictions on hunting with dogs in ScotlandRead more
- Countryside Alliance Scottish Director responds to misleading article about snaring in ScotlandFriday, 18 November 2016The SCA responds to the highly misleading article published by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) in the Holyrood magazineRead more
Rural Life
Supporting Rural Communities and Businesses
The Scottish Countryside Alliance believes that all rural communities deserve vibrant local schools, busy community owned village halls, and new and growing business resources and services. We believe that Scotland’s communities can form a wealth of opportunity from the development of our vast natural resources and by fully exploiting the new opportunities that are emerging from the sustainable management of our environment, whether that is a growing forest estate or the expansion of local biomass energy generation from food or farm waste, create sustainable lifestyles for all ages within our rural landscape.MORE...
Shooting
Supporting Shooting
Shooting does not face an outright ban – yet. However, we should never forget that shooting faces regular threats whether through restrictions on the guns we use, the ammunition we fire, the birds we rear, the land we use or our very presence in the countryside we love.MORE...
Hunting
Supporting Hunting
The Scottish hunting community are rightly proud of their achievements. Having come through an all-encompassing campaign fighting to save the sport and in many cases livelihoods, they emerged from the fight on February 13, 2002, blooded but unbeaten. Ten years later, we must recognise and commend the resilience of hunting folk – the fact that we still have a form of fox hunting in Scotland is testament to the determination of the people involved.MORE...
Angling
Economics benefits to rural Scotland
There has long been a perception that angling for game and coarse fish is important to the Scottish economy. In August 2001 a report entitled Scotland’s Freshwater Fish and Fisheries: Securing their Future, gave an in-depth economic analysis of the sector. reporting that angling is valuable to Scotland, and particularly to rural Scotland.MORE...
 Research shows hunting is irrelevant to Scottish votersTuesday, 6 March 2018 It is one of the great paradoxes of our age that as activists and the political classes become more and more obsessed with animal rights issues the public remains largely unmoved. Hunting, of course, remains the totemic issue but despite acres of press comment and social media posts our research, as well of that of others, consistently confirms that it is utterly irrelevant to the way people vote. This rejection of public priorities is fundamentally bad politics and nowhere is there a better example of that than in Scotland.  The Hunt. A new PerspectiveMonday, 1 January 2018 Crowds flock to market squares and village meets across Scotland on New Years day to demonstrate support for their local foxhound pack.  Aided and AbettedThursday, 2 November 2017 The RSPB aided and abetted by the BBC as they deploy the tactics of Animal Rights organisations in an attempt to mislead the public  HMICS launches online questionnaire about firearms licensing in ScotlandFriday, 20 October 2017 HMICS launches online questionnaire about firearms licensing in Scotland
An online questionnaire has been launched by HMICS to allow members of the public who have applied in the last two years to Police Scotland for a firearm, shotgun or air weapon certificate to comment on the licensing process.  National Trust Council election candidatesThursday, 19 October 2017 Members of the National Trust have been invited to elect up to six candidates for the Council ahead of the AGM on 21st October.  Never let the truth stand in the way of a good storyThursday, 19 October 2017 Director of the Scottish Countryside Alliance, Jamie Stewart writes: Celebrated author Mark Twain is attributed the saying “never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can’t think of anything better.” Not so celebrated journalist Peter Swindon seems to have taken inspiration from the latter part of the quote, or he has been completely duped by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS).  Tail Shortening for Working DogsWednesday, 14 June 2017 The Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee (ECCLR) vote on the draft legislation to allow the tail shortening of Spaniel and HPR puppies that are likely to be used in connection with shooting. |
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