Sentences with word «gamekeeper»
A gamekeeper is a person who takes care of and protects animals, especially wild ones, in a specific area. They also make sure that hunting is done in a sustainable and legal manner. Full definition
This resource holds teaching notes, pupil worksheets and a PowerPoint presentation on the conservation work of gamekeepers in retaining and enhancing the biodiversity of the countryside
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The breed was developed in England by gamekeepers for protection against poachers.
And one of the most versatile — and popular — game meats available to the consumer is venison, much of it entering the food chain as a direct result of the recognised need for gamekeepers to control deer in order to limit crop damage, promote woodland regeneration, protect vulnerable habitats, maintain biodiversity and prevent road traffic accidents.
Initially and historically, Bullmastiffs along with Molosser dogs were trained and developed as gamekeepers to guard estates.
This resource holds Welsh language teaching notes, pupil worksheets and PowerPoint presentation on the conservation work of gamekeepers in retaining and enhancing the biodiversity of the countryside
They can turn from gamekeepers to poachers by embracing the scrutiny role of parliament through the select committee system.
The BASC Gamekeepers» Fair will be back with a bang on 12 - 13 April 2008 when it returns to the grounds of Catton Park in Derbyshire.
The name comes from the chronic ligament damage incurred by Scottish gamekeepers in the course of killing wounded rabbits.»
The writers have also lessened the role of past characters like gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and Professor Minerva McGonagall (Maggie Smith) while introducing new ones like Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) and Potter's new love interest Cho Chang (Katie Leung).
Tuesday then delivered the Canadians a wry gamekeeper turned poacher moment with revelations by the ACCC that CBH had offered court - enforceable undertakings that aim to promote contestability in WA's grains logistics business.
There are around 5,000 full - time gamekeepers employed in the UK, with many more keepers working part time, managing around six million hectares — a land area roughly equivalent in size to Scotland.
The image shows Nous with gamekeeper Simon Munro Circa 1872.
BASC Scotland submitted the open letter to the Minister on behalf of Scottish Gamekeepers Association, Scottish Association for Country Sports, Scottish Countryside Alliance, Association of Deer Management Groups and Scottish Land & Estates.
One of the many different types of Mastiff, the Bullmastiff was developed in the UK during the 19th century by gamekeepers on large country estates to apprehend poachers.
Developed by 19th - century English gamekeepers to stand guard over country estates and typically weighing between 110 to 130 pounds, they give any intruder second thoughts.
This charming stone built detached former gamekeeper's cottage is near Stranraer in Scotland's Dumfries and Galloway region and can sleep four people in two bedrooms.
Gamekeepers needed a dog that would help them rid the large estates and game preserves of poachers; one that could cover ground quietly and pin the trespassers without harming them.
«BASC welcomes this judgment and I pay credit to the National Gamekeepers» Organisation for having supported the case.
Stewart Blair, a former head gamekeeper, will be delivering the courses initially to estates and providers within the Cairngorms National Park, basing the training at sporting locations throughout the area, before developing a greater number of training locations across other parts of Scotland
BASC's national gundog coordinator, Sheila Gussey, said: «I'd like to encourage more gamekeepers to get involved this year.
A retired gamekeeper from North Wales and his dog «Tingvelle Morning Mist» have taken the top honours in the gamekeeping classes at Crufts 2008.
The day will be run by BASC staff who are also experienced gamekeepers and will cover topics including stock selection, release methods, pest control, feeding, cover crops and flight ponds.
The training is specifically aimed at gamekeepers, who will get hands - on experience as well as a good theoretical grounding on the safe handling and use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
A Staffordshire gamekeeper has been appointed as the British Association for Shooting and Conservation's new regional director for the Midlands.
«BASC has run a number of events targeting health and safety on the shoot aimed at cutting through the red tape and helping gamekeepers, shoot captains and shoot managers to draw up their health and safety management plans.»
Yet Johnson, a former union leader himself, has curiously decided that now is the time to rake over the coals of Labour's recent leadership contest and called for union influence over the party to be further reduced, thus proving the old adage that former poachers make worse gamekeepers.
At the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, director Malcolm Brenner, a geneticist, says he has turned «AdV from poacher into gamekeeper.»
The set includes Chris Pratt's character, Owen, complete with snazzy gamekeeper vest and perpetual starter beard.
RADIO TIMES — Richard Madden takes on the role of gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in BBC1's lush adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover yesterday night.
The actor appeared in all eight «Harry Potter» films as the loveable gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid and he says being in a successful family franchise was an ambition of his.
A similar proverb is an old poacher makes the best gamekeeper.
Early specimens were used to accompany gamekeepers on their rounds, helping them to track and catch poachers on their property.
Inevitably, rivalries developed among Britain's gamekeepers over who had the best - quality Bullmastiffs.
Gamekeepers responded by breeding dogs big, swift, and brave enough to pursue and pin a man prowling the grounds in the dead of night.
Lord Tweedmouth's gamekeepers kept records of breedings from 1835 until about 1890.
These dogs, the bullmastiffs, were originally developed by gamekeepers during the 19nth century in England to keep guard of estates and stop thieves from breaking into mansions and palaces of the nobles.
THis image shows Gamekeepers and stalkers at Guisachan.
They are large, powerful dogs originally bred to assist gamekeepers in apprehending poachers.
River Cottage and Gamekeepers Cottage, Windermere, Cumbria, the Lake District.
The history of the Bullmastiffs originates in England as early as 1795, where they were used as gamekeeper's dogs to track and take down poachers.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Calor have joined forces to provide gas safety training for gamekeepers.
The final of the competition will be held at the BASC Gamekeepers» Fair at Catton Park in Derbyshire on 13 April.
Forty years ago, shooting and poisoning birds of prey was widespread, and the killing invariably blamed on old - time gamekeepers, men born and bred to view birds of prey as the enemy.
In 2009 - 10 Hammonds was acting director (maternity cover) of The Showroom (London), producing the exhibitions The Otolith Group: Otolith 3; Ruth Buchanan: Several Attentions; Emily Wardill: Gamekeepers without Game; Estrangement and Ulises Carrión: Gossip, Scandal and Good Manners.
From the urban, head downstairs for the rural works of William Henry Hunt and his beautifully idyllic paintings of country folk, from gamekeepers to maids.