Legal use of airguns

In my letter (27 March) on airguns, I missed out the word, "most". What I should have written was: "It is also illegal to use an airgun to shoot most wild, pet or farm animals or birds (including, unless you have a licence, pigeons, starlings and gulls)." It is legal to shoot rats, mice, rabbits and grey squirrel on your own property, or with permission of the land owner, so long as the other legalities are observed.

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Mar 2007, 01:00 BST

JOHN F ROBINS, Animal Concern, PO Box 5178, Dumbarton