This environmental guidance is for game keepers, game farmers, land agents, landowners and others involved in hunting, shooting and game breeding activities. These activities include:
- breeding and rearing game species, such as pheasant, partridge and duck, in enclosures and buildings
- managing land for game breeding, hunting and shooting
- keeping hunt horses and dogs
- shooting wild animals and birds for recreation or pest control
- handling dead animals and birds.
Environmental impacts of hunting, shooting and game breeding businesses
Impacts of hunting, shooting and game breeding businesses on the environment include:
- air emissions, eg from animal carcass incinerators
- noise pollution, eg from shooting, bird scaring or gundogs barking
- land contamination, eg from accidental spills of oil or pesticides, or from a build up of lead shot
- waste disposal, eg animal carcasses and manure, pesticide containers, waste oil
- water discharges, eg run-off from yards and rearing sheds, diffuse pollution from fertiliser and pesticide use, accidental spills of chemicals or sheep dip.
How can NetRegs help you?
Our guidance could help you to:
- avoid prosecution and receive fewer visits from environmental regulators
- increase efficiency and productivity
- reduce your operating costs
- be more likely to obtain business from government bodies and large businesses that require their business partners to manage their environmental impacts effectively
- improve your reputation amongst staff, customers and the public
- increase the chance of securing funding to expand your business by demonstrating that your environmental impacts are well managed.
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Other relevant NetRegs guidance
If you manage waters for game fishing, read our guidance for fishing and aquaculture businesses.
If you run a hotel or restaurant as part of your business, read our guidance for hospitality, leisure and tourism businesses.
We also have separate guidance for:
pest control businesses
animal boarding and care
forestry businesses
farmers
