Countryside Alliance Ireland - love the countryside

The Department of the Environment is seeking views on proposals to amend the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 ("the Wildlife Order") and elements of the existing Game laws in Northern Ireland.

The Department has published a full consultation document detailing its proposals, which includes proposals to abolish the requirement for people who hunt game or deal in game to be licensed. Furthermore, they are also taking this opportunity to consult on proposals to make some amendments to the Environment (NI) Order 2002 in order to strengthen protection of Areas of Special Scientific Interest..

The consultation document can be viewed or downloaded from the following website:

http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/consultations

Countryside Alliance Ireland will be formulating a comprehensive response to this consultation and welcomes consutructive comments and observations from our members relating to the consulation document. These can be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it