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Commonwealth NGOs
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 British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Marford Mill,
Rossett,
Wrexham,
LL12 0HL
U.K.
Email: webqueries@basc.org.uk
Website: www.basc.org.uk
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
The organisation started out as the Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland, (WAGBI) in
1908. It was founded by Stanley Duncan, an engineer from Hull, who was also a highly
experienced wildfowler and naturalist.
There were three main reasons why he set up WAGBI.
He wanted to help professional wildfowlers;
He was becoming alarmed at the increasing drainage and subsequent development
of much excellent wildfowl habitat;
He realised that as time went by it would be necessary to defend the sport
of wildfowling against the growing enthusiasm of extremists bent on total protection of wild birds.
In 1981 WAGBI changed its name to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). This
change was agreed at the Annual General Meeting of that year in recognition of the fact that
shooting sports required a single representative body and that WAGBI was the most suitable placed organisation
to take on that role.
There are currently 127,000 members and that number is growing every year.
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