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Pheasant Shortage Threatens Sandringham Boxing Day Shoot

Rejecting imports, he must balance conservation aims with the estate’s importance to local employment.

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Overview

  • The annual Boxing Day shoot at Sandringham estate could be canceled after on-site pheasant numbers fell sharply this year.
  • King Charles, 76, was described as “livid” over the crisis and has refused calls to import birds from external breeders.
  • A recent staff shake-up led to the departure of a long-serving gamekeeper whose management is blamed for the population decline.
  • A committed environmentalist undergoing weekly cancer treatments, the King faces pressure to honor both conservation principles and royal tradition.
  • Sandringham supports over 200 jobs in gamekeeping and farming, making the shoot’s fate a critical issue for local rural employment.