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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jerkin" data-source="post: 1370514" data-attributes="member: 9234"><p>I have stated this before on another thread.Link game and the land to the wildlife acts making it compulsory to register all land that is used for game shooting.It would be a criminal offence to shoot on unregistered land and if a conviction was successful the land would be bared from registration for say 5 years,this ban is written in the act and is not imposed by the courts and no judge has the power to lift it.This has been a very important tool in the Wildlife and countryside act,it has acted as a n extra deterrent to stop pilfering of wild birds.The only thing stopping the illegal slaughter is the will of the large conservation organization to take on the establishment head on and say enough is enough and the shooting community must pay for the illegal minority who disgrace the majority and go against the lawful majority</p></blockquote><p></p>