Countryside Alliance
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http://www.countryside-alliance.org 12-02-2009 11:30:41
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Cheltenham Countryside Day is one of the highlights in our calendar and we are incredibly grateful to CheltenhamRacecourse for their support, enabling us to raise vital funds to help with our campaigning work to protect and promote the rural way of life.
πΈ: Daniel Hague Photography
'Students should take on their democratic duty and place forward a counter-motion that keeps meat on the menu.'
'Tiny minority' force meat and dairy ban at Warwick university bit.ly/3SUMtfk via Daily Mail Online
Future Countryside Digest: Held in June, the Future Countryside event gathered more than 200 voices from rural Britain, each with unique perspectives but a shared aspiration - to ensure the countryside is a positive force in the lives of the British people.
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What a great idea! I know a good few young people (particularly young teenage lads) I know who arenβt fussed on school but love fishing! Brilliant initiative for NI Post Primary schools to apply to Countryside Alliance ππ½ππ½ππ½
The new general licences for the control of wild birds in England (GL40-42) will come into effect on 1 January 2024. The continuation of the current conditions is something the Alliance has been campaigning for along with partner orgs of Aim to Sustain.
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LAST CHANCE call for all nominations for the #CountrysideAllianceAwards ! We love to highlight the hard work or rural businesses and want to celebrate as many of them as possible.
Make sure to nominate your favourites before the end of the day... β°
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'Not only is horse racing, like every other activity involving animals, having to address the challenges of changing attitudes towards animal use and welfare, but it is also facing a completely unnecessary attack on betting.' says Tim Bonner π
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Time is running out to nominate your favourite rural businesses for a #CountrysideAllianceAward ! Nominations close TOMORROW so make sure to get involved before it's too late!
Get nominating now using the form on our website β¬οΈ
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'Whilst one incident of raptor persecution is one too many, it is positive to see such a significant drop in the numbers last year, which aligns with the conservation success involving the majority of raptor species'
Reaction from Countryside Alliance π
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βοΈ Horse racing is a huge contributor to rural communities so we're encouraging anyone who cares about the countryside to sign the petition calling on the Government to abandon the implementation of affordability checks.
The Jockey Club British Horseracing Authority
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