A quarter of a million animals are killed each year on Scottish shooting estates to allow grouse to thrive so they can then be shot for the blood “sport.”
260,000 animals were killed each year in an attempt to totally eradicate foxes, stoats, weasels and crows to increase the number of grouse for so-called sport shooting. 57,000 killing devices are deployed each day in Scotland.
Nearly half of the animals killed are “non-target” species such as hedgehogs, dippers and mistle thrush.
The study also found that failure to comply with existing codes of practice is widespread on Scottish grouse moors. Guidelines produced by professional organisations that represent the shooting industry appear to serve “little useful function.”
The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), Robbie Marsland, said: "It gives an illustration of the grim reality of Scotland’s grouse moors. Our report leaves us in absolutely no doubt that managing such large parts of Scottish moorland for an industry which makes a woefully low contribution to the economy is entirely misguided and outdated.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/quarter-million-animals-killed-year-scotland-increase-grouse-numbers
260,000 animals were killed each year in an attempt to totally eradicate foxes, stoats, weasels and crows to increase the number of grouse for so-called sport shooting. 57,000 killing devices are deployed each day in Scotland.
Nearly half of the animals killed are “non-target” species such as hedgehogs, dippers and mistle thrush.
The study also found that failure to comply with existing codes of practice is widespread on Scottish grouse moors. Guidelines produced by professional organisations that represent the shooting industry appear to serve “little useful function.”
The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), Robbie Marsland, said: "It gives an illustration of the grim reality of Scotland’s grouse moors. Our report leaves us in absolutely no doubt that managing such large parts of Scottish moorland for an industry which makes a woefully low contribution to the economy is entirely misguided and outdated.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/quarter-million-animals-killed-year-scotland-increase-grouse-numbers
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