Game conference in Perth

A conference by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust will be held next month at Perth Racecourse.

The trust has announced its topic and speakers for the spring conference, which will be held at the racecourse on Friday, March 29.

A keynote address will be given by Edward Mountain, MSP for the Highlands and Islands and convener of the rural economy and connectivity committee at the Scottish Parliament.

Titled‘GAME Scotland 2019’, the event is expected to attract an audience of farmers, land managers, policy makers and practitioners on the ground.

Conference topics will range from outlining the trust’s research and its importance to game and wildlife management, implications of the ongoing grouse moor management review, and research and advice on conservation cropping.

Other topics will be the latest legislation on humane trapping standards, strategies for handling and marketing shot game, managing reared gamebirds to reduce the reliance on antibiotics, and the challenges of adaptive management licences.

Speakers will include experts from the trust’s advisory, research and policy staff, St David’s Gamebird Services, Scottish Land and Estates, King’s Seeds and the British Game Alliance.

Hugo Straker, senior advisor for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, said:“Ensuring that those who invest in and practice game conservation are well briefed on the legal requirements and best practice knowledge that frame their activities is vital for continuing investment in such beneficial activity.”

Visit www.gwct.org.uk/ gamescotland2019 for more information.