So LANTRA rears its head again??? At the risk of upsetting a few folk, here we go!
The LANTRA award - A start in Falconry, is an animal welfare thing!
THERE IS NO LANTRA COURSE. It is an assessment of your ability to keep a bird of prey. It covers the basics of husbandry,housing,feeding and early training culmanating in getting the bird to fly to the fist on the creance. You should only be paying for the assessment and certificate. The reason that they seemed unhelpful at the festival is that, seeing as the government wouldn't take responsability for LANTRA, and the hawk board wouldn't take