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    Empowering those ‘up the glen’

    Jul 16, 2020 3 minutes

    THE Animal and Wildlife bill debate in the Scottish Parliament on 17 June was a sobering experience. Despite strong criticism from all parties about lack of scrutiny, the Scottish Government supported an 11th-hour amendment to license the management of mountain hares. Bizarrely, it happened while a response from Scottish Government to its own report (by the Werritty Panel) is still awaited. This had looked carefully at the evidence and recommended a different approach to mountain hares.

    Grouse moor managers can be forgiven for anger and bewilderment at such obvious lack of support from

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