The Scottish government has used a legal power for the first time to force the owners of a Highland estate to cull red deer ...

It is the first time a control scheme has been used to cull deer on a Scottish estate under legislation introduced in 1996 ...

Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) chairman Alex Hogg said: ‘Achieving a cull of 50,000 extra deer per year is a government aspiration but it will not happen overnight.’ Although the ...

SIR Andy Murray and his wife are using lion poo — to stop deer eating tulips at their luxury hotel. Bags of the pongy dung have been laid out to repel plant-munching mammals at Cromlix House, ...

The crofters were forced off their land to make way for sheep and later on, deer. These new sources of income for landowners required few employees. The crofters couldn’t turn to working on kelp ...

A DEER had to be freed after getting stuck in an Aberdour water tank. Firefighters and Scottish SPCA officers were called to help the stricken animal on Monday evening but were unable to attempt the ...

The Scottish government has used a legal power for the first time to force the owners of a Highland estate to cull red deer on their land. The compulsory deer management control scheme could see ...

Loch Choire Estate, which lies about 32 miles to the west of Helmsdale, is owned by a Shropshire private limited company, ...

A Scottish island has been named among the best ... Instead, alongside a local population of 40 people, you’ll find 1,000 red deer, around 30% of the world’s population of Manx shearwater ...