Man who used knife to slaughter deer his dog had savaged is fined – as he becomes first person in Scotland convicted under new hunt laws

Man who used knife to slaughter deer his dog had savaged is fined – as he becomes first person in Scotland convicted under new hunt laws

A man has become the first person in Scotland to be convicted under new hunting laws after he slaughtered a deer that had been attacked by his dog. Nickolas Chenier admitted using his golden lurcher for hare coursing near a cemetery in Wick, Caithness. The dog chased and savaged the deer before horrified witnesses intervened […]

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Two lynx caught after illegal release in Scotland – here’s what happened

Two lynx caught after illegal release in Scotland – here’s what happened

Two Eurasian lynx were spotted just after 4pm on Wednesday 8 January in the Drumguish area of the Highlands in Scotland. Wildlife conservationists from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) worked overnight with the police to capture the big cats, and condemned the illegal release “in the strongest possible terms”. “We set live trail […]

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‘She’s happy to have blood on the hillsides, but not on her hands’: Gamekeepers and landowners are furious at the Scottish Government’s deer culling plans. Yet the Green minister in charge refuses to witness the reality of the slaughter…

‘She’s happy to have blood on the hillsides, but not on her hands’: Gamekeepers and landowners are furious at the Scottish Government’s deer culling plans. Yet the Green minister in charge refuses to witness the reality of the slaughter…

Heading out for a day in the hills, Falcon Frost pulls on heavy boots and slings a rifle onto his back. He is surrounded by the towering beauty of the Glenfalloch estate in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, north of Glasgow. For ‘townies’, this is a magical place to escape the rat […]

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