Scottish Government Response to the Report from the independent Deer Working Group on ‘The management of wild deer in Scotland’
Deer Working Group recommendations: Scottish Government response
The Deer Working Group was established by the Scottish Government in 2017, following reports by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) (now known as NatureScot) in 2016 and the Scottish Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee in 2017.
The Group was appointed as an independent working group to review the existing statutory and non-statutory arrangements for the management of wild deer in Scotland, taking account of the position with each of the four species of wild deer and the varying circumstances across Scotland.
The Group's report, published on 29 January 2020 made ninety-nine recommendations relating to the current system of deer management. We considered each of those recommendations alongside the available evidence before forming our response.
Read the report here
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Posted On: 24/03/2021