The facts about Powys game shoot | Letters

Christopher Graffius of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation responds to a country diary about a Welsh game shootYour country diary (14 July) on the Llechweddygarth shoot in Powys is wrong. There are no grey partridge on the shoot. The game is not "tossed into the backs of Land Rovers" but hung properly in accordance with the Code of Good Shooting Practice on a purpose-built game cart. The game is not "sent for landfill" but respectfully processed and sold by a local small food business.There is no shooting in the churchyard of Pennant Melangell; the nearest gun is two football fields from the church and birds are driven away from the shrine. Continue reading...