Product Description

The completely revised and updated edition deals with the law and liabilities relating to deer in the UK. In addition one chapter deals with Europe in terms of visitors to and from the continent. Deer have value as a conservation resource and as a traditional sporting quarry. However, they have increased in numbers, and as a consequence the need for deer management has greatly increased. Management issues increasingly focus on the legal implications of the welfare of deer, public safety and maintaining a balance between economic activities and environmental conservation. This is all covered in 'Deer: Law and Liabilities'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105331 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Board book
• 224 pages

About the Author
John Thornley and Charlie Parkes are Legal Consultants and Trainers in Countryside Law in which they have specialised for 30 years. Both are retired Senior Officers of the Derbyshire Constabulary. During their careers they were instrumental in developing the establishment in the U.K. of Police Wildlife Liaison Officers. They are involved on a national basis in the development of Health and Safety policies in Countryside Sports including risk assessments relating to deer stalking and night shooting. John represents the Police Service on the Deer Initiative Committee and is a Council member for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). They were both awarded the OBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List in 2000, for Services to the Protection of Wildlife

Customer Reviews

Every British sporting rifle shooter should have a copy.
Now here is a book that will be of interest to rifle shooters throughout the United Kingdom, and any stalkers or hunters thinking of coming over here for a holiday, or on a more permanent basis. Charlie Parkes and John Thornley are two senior police officers with Derbyshire Constabulary, who, since 1983, have been working as Wildlife Liaison Officers within their county. This role has enabled them to develop an excellent knowledge of countryside matters and related laws: evidence of which has been amply illustrated in their 1987 publication "Fair Game - The Law of Country Sports and the Protection of Wildlife". Parkes and Thornley's latest offering, "Deer: Law and Liabilities", is targeted at the rifleman, and more specifically, the deer stalker, and it is bang up to date on current legislation. Consisting of 10 chapters, spread through 210 pages, they deal in turn with topics such as Legal Status and Ownership, Conservation and Protection, Dealing in Venison, Firearms for Deer, Stalking Liabilities, Trespass and Poaching. The writing is in an easy but concise style, without much of the legal mumbo-jumbo that can so easily serve to confuse. Diana Browne's well-known style of line drawings, serve to illustrate various points.

Whilst primarily aimed at those readers whose main quarry is deer, many of the topics covered are of interest to the vermin shooter too. There are details on Firearms Certificates, and how to complete the application form; as well as information for visitors to Britain, with the ins and outs of obtaining a Visitors Firearms Permit. Do you know how you stand liable if a member of the public, or another stalker, chooses to injure themselves whilst climbing on one of your highseats? Armed with this book, you can lay to rest that old chestnut of an argument over how close you may stand to a public right of way whilst shooting....

The chapter on Dealing in Venison is enlightening. Full-time game dealers should have heard it all before, but the concise details will be a great help to any part-timers, any would-be dealers, and any stalker selling deer to them; containing, as it does, details on cleanliness, carcass inspection and record keeping.

Scotland, with many of its own regulations, merits its own chapter on Conservation and Protection. Additionally, throughout the book, there are references to laws peculiar to Scotland, which will come in useful to anyone planning a stalking trip north of the border.

Parkes & Thornley are to be congratulated on producing such a readable (and understandable) manuscript. Let us hope that future legislation on gun control plays no part in affecting the long shelf-life that this book deserves. It really should be considered a "must have" for the sporting rifle shooter - and it might not be a bad idea to keep a spare copy in your vehicle's glove compartment either!