National Gamekeepers Organisation Charitable Trust

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The Gamekeeper
Their Role in Sustainable Countryside Management
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Gamekeeping Facts

• In the UK gamekeepers manage 15 million acres
  an area larger than Scotland
• 70 of gamekeepers look after at least one Site
  of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
• UK Government recognises that shooting
  contributes to conservation of landscapes,
  habitats, wildlife and rural communities

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The British Countryside
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Game Crops
Provide shelter and food to game birds and a wide
variety of other species
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Birds that benefit from game crops
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• All these bird species benefit from the planting
  of game crops

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Birds that benefit from game crops
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• particularly in the winter

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Management of Habitat
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Game Birds Management of these game birds has
played a large part in shaping the British
countryside
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Name Keeper-Controlled Predators
Fox
Carrion Crow
Mink
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Rat
Stoat
Magpie
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Why Control Predators?
I Eat
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Shoot Days
Shooting is an activity enjoyed by people from
all walks of life
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Game to Eat

• Game that is eaten
• Venison
• Rabbit and Hare
• Pheasant, Partridge, Pigeon Wildfowl
• Healthy eating
• Low fat
• Organic

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Policing the Countryside

• Rural crimewatch
• Wildlife crime
• Protection against poaching
• Environmental vandalism (illegal dumping etc)
• Early warning system (pollution etc)