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Find the creature hiding in this issue to win. Everyone who finds him goes into a draw, but if you want to receive one of our badges, just send
envelope (22 x 11cm) with 83p of stamps. To enter the Creature Finder competition, send us the page number, your name, telephone number and address
by email to: [email protected]. By post to: Kevin Komodo Dragon, Sporting Shooter, Evolution House, 2-6 Easthampstead Road, Wokingham RG
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CONGRATULATIONS:
M. Tozer who found Tanya Tarsier
on p85 of the June issue.
See p90 for more successful
creature finders.PICTURE:LINH VIEN THAI / BIT.LY/1RYPA8OWORTH
£25!The World Pheasant
Association (WPA) is
holding an evening of art
and music in aid of its
Piper Project – a
community-based
conservation project
based around Pipar
in the Annapurna region
of Nepal.
The evening will
showcase David White’s
photographs of Nepal,
taken during a recent
trek, accompanied by
music by Jackie
Macbeth. The
photographs will depict
the mountains, pheasants
and people of Nepal in
the Pipar area.
The evening will
include a champagne
reception, gourmet supper and auction.
Since 1979, WPA has been monitoring Pipar’s forests and galliformes, and
providing support for villages and schools in the surrounding area. Funding has
mainly been used to support the nine schools in the project area, but it has also
been used to improve the environmental awareness of local people and to
discourage local hunters from commercial trapping in Pipar.
Recent forest surveys indicate that the forest remains largely unspoilt and
pheasant numbers are stable. WPA’s support for the schools in the area has
vastly improved the availability of education to many children. The project has
been a success, with local people in the Pipar area wanting to preserve the habitat
for their benefit and for the benefit of all the wildlife within it.
The evening will be held on 23 November 2019 at The Coronation Hall, East
Grafton in Wiltshire. Go online for more information and to purchase tickets.
An evening of photography and music
in aid of pheasant conservation
Arrangements have been made to amend the Firearms Rules 1998
to require RFD (Registered Firearm Dealer) applicants to complete a
medical declaration, and to provide details of their ‘servants’ at each
place of business so that relevant background checks can be
completed by the police.
Existing RFDs will also be required to provide details of their
‘servants’ when notifying the police of a new place of business.
RFD applicants who have completed medical declarations as part
of their personal firearm or shotgun certificate application will not be
required to undergo medical checks a second time, unless their
medical circumstances have changed since the firearm or shotgun
certificate was granted. In these circumstances, the applicant will
only be required to provide details about the certificate.
The changes to the Firearms Rules came into effect on 10 June.
Police forces have been asked to update their websites with effect
from that date so that the revised application forms are available to
applicants. Visit http://www.gov.uk to view the amendments in full.Amendments to Firearms Rules
1998 will affect dealers
PICTURE:DON BRUNTPICTURE:DAVID WHITE