First detailed map of Scotland’s native woodlands – FCS launch
Richard Cooke, Chairman of both the Association of Deer Management Groups and the Lowland Deer Network Scotland said: “This new piece of work, which we have not yet had time to study, will be extremely helpful in focusing deer management on areas where there are specific issues in relation to deer and native woodlands. “We do believe however that there has been a significant turnaround in the last 30 years in the impacts of deer on native woodland and it is too easy to blame deer at every turn when other factors, for example grazing from other herbivores and now widespread tree...
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Everyone involved in any way with deer, wild or farmed, should be aware of the threat of CWD and what can be done to ensure that this disease does not reach the UK. This is important information – please read.
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