Pest & Predator Control

This comprehensive and practical book, produced specifically for shoots and conservationists, provides a basic guide to all aspects of control. It explains which species can be controlled and by what means. There is detailed guidance on shooting, snaring, trapping, the use of dogs and humane dispatch. The law governing pest species is covered in detail, particularly in regard to the general licences which are frequently misunderstood, occasionally leading to prosecution. Detailed instructions are provided on the effective and legal use of snares and traps with photographic sequences to show how they should be sited and set. This will be invaluable to those who enforce wildlife law and need to distinguish between legal and illegal methods of control. 

Reviews:
“Providing a step-by-step guide, including the use of photographic sequences on the effective and legal use use of snares and traps, this guide will prove invaluable to any countryman, beginner or experienced, wishing to practise pest control safely and legally.” Countryman’s Weekly “this new handbook is essential… For anyone looking for safe, humane and legal methods of pest control, the BASC Handbook is your indispensable guide.” 

“Pest control is essential to maintain biodiversity in the countryside and is an integral component of successful game management… this book will be an invaluable tool for those who enforce wildlife law and need to distinguish between legal and illegal methods of control.”  

“Comprehensive and practical guide by BASC produced specifically for shoots and conservationists, offering guidance on all aspects of controlling pests and predators.”