Deer management in Scotland: Report to the Scottish Government from Scottish Natural Heritage 2016
LDNS gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee on Tuesday 13 December on the SNH Report on deer management published in November. The LDNS written briefing to the Committee is available here. The video archive of the ECCLR Committee evidence session is available here.
Read MoreLDNS supporting UK Scent Hound Association (UKSHA) – forthcoming events in Scotland
The UKSHA is staging two events in Scotland supported by the Lowland Deer Network Scotland (including SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland and Transport Scotland), the British Deer Society, the KBGS e.V, the Verein Hirschmann e.V and the ISHV. Two very experienced judges, one from KBGS and the other from the Verein Hirschmann, both ISHV qualified members of the groups who train people in Germany, and also on the Committee of the clubs in Germany, are coming to Scotland. Check out German Kälberer and Joachim Schweizer on the Schweißhundestation Alb-Schurwald website. They will be conducting the...
Read MoreUrban deer photography competition
Winner and runner up in the SNH/LDNS 2015 urban deer photography competition. David Docherty, winner. Thomas Connor,...
Read MoreDeer farming gathers momentum as retail sales of venison quadruple
In the UK last year (12 months to end June 2014), retail sales of venison increased by over 400% according to Kantar Worldpanel, and that doesn’t take into account what is sold directly by butchers, the restaurant, hotel and catering trade, farmers markets, ‘farm gate’ and mail order sales. To cope with this ever-increasing demand, UK suppliers are importing venison from New Zealand, Poland, Ireland and Spain and industry experts say that the UK is losing out on a lucrative market. In 2013 the equivalent of 29,000 carcases or around 1300 tonnes were imported to the UK from New...
Read MoreResponse from Richard Cooke – Effective Deer Management
In response to the recommendations to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change from the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Climate Change Committee, and following its inquiry into deer management and the environment In Autumn last year, Richard Cooke, Chairman of the LDNS and the ADMG said: “We are encouraged by the recommendations from the Committee to the Minister, and there is much in this report with which we agree, for example that the impacts of deer rather than numbers are most important, and that it is premature to undertake a review of the Code of Practice on Deer...
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