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LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT JEOPARDISE JOBS AND CONSERVATION
LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT JEOPARDISE JOBS AND CONSERVATION
Rural organisations said today the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for grouse shooting must not jeopardise vital jobs and important conservation work in some of the country’s most fragile, rural areas. Following the announcement today by the Scottish Government of a public consultation on a forthcoming Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill, a joint
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£15 MILLION BONUS DESPITE WRECKED GROUSE SEASON
£15 MILLION BONUS DESPITE WRECKED GROUSE SEASON
Downstream spending in remote communities by Scotland’s grouse moors increased this year to over £15m despite the season being decimated by snow. That is the surprise finding of a survey by Scotland’s 6 regional moorland groups, which also saw jobs on grouse shoots being maintained. The survey analysed confidential accounts data from 25 respondent estates of varying sizes, from the Monadhliath Mountains
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