British Association for Shooting and Conservation

British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Company typeIndustrial and provident society[1]
Founded1908 (WAGBI)
HeadquartersMarford Mill, Rossett
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Stanley Duncan, founder; Lord Dear
president; Ian Bell, CEO; Princess Anne, Patron [2]
Number of employees
110
Websitehttp://basc.org.uk

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, whose mission is to promote and protect sporting shooting and the well-being of the countryside throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. It has a membership of over 150,000.[3] Its magazine Shooting and Conservation had an average circulation of around 135,000 in 2017.[4]

Sporting shooting includes wildfowling, game, and rough shooting, deer stalking, target shooting and air gunning, pigeon shooting and pest control, gundogs and promoting practical habitat conservation. BASC is also involved in the political representation of shooting, training and the setting of standards in shooting sports and the association undertakes research in its area of interest.

  1. ^ "About Us". BASC. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Princess Royal is the new BASC Patron | BASC". www.basc.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ "BASC | Membership hits a record-breaking 150,000". basc.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Shooting and Conservation – media information – ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations". www.abc.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.