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Society of Ploughmen - Organisers of the annual British National Ploughing Championships. Information on the society, local and national ploughing competitions and the history of the plough.
Country Land and Business Association - Creating a new policy for the countryside: agricultural, environmental, social and economic. About CLA, rural issues, news, virtual village, market square, members and links. UK.
The Game Conservancy Trust - Conducts research into the ecology and biology of game species and their environmental requirements. Shares this research for the public benefit with governmental and other public bodies. The Trust, game and wildlife, publications, press, field advice, online store and membership. Registered charity. UK.
Countryside Alliance - Promotes the interests of rural people, including all field sports (hunting, shooting, fishing, falconry, ferreting, coursing, stalking), sensible wildlife management, and wider countryside concerns such as jobs, landscapes and freedoms. It represents these interests in the media, in Parliament, in schools and throughout the UK.
Federation of Fieldsports Associations of the European Union - FACE currently represents some 6.5 million European hunters. Its objectives are to promote responsible hunting and wildlife habitats, and to lobby European and international institutions. aka Fédération des Associations de Chasseurs de L'UE. [English, French, German]
Union of Country Sports Workers (UK) - Listed trade union for those employed in country sports, directly or indirectly, full-time or part-time.
Leave Country Sports Alone (UK) - A political action group of Labour Party members and supporters campaigning for the right to continue country sports.
The British Deer Society - A registered charity for deer conservation and biology, providing advice to landowners, farmers and government on all matters concerning deer, their welfare conservation and management. News, research, education, training, species, Deer quarterly journal, membership and links. Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK.
Wotsit Field & Country Sports Organizations - Directory of contact information.
Countryside Action Network - A grass-roots campaigning organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of country sports.
Free Church of Country Sports - Offers information about the ecumenical group and St Hubert. Provides online registration, press releases and downloads.
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