The 1996 Deer Act created a new duty for NatureScot, the body responsible for the control of deer in Scotland, to take account of “the size and density of the deer population”. The Report of the Scottish Government’s Deer Working Group, published in 2020 (see here), recommended that NatureScot “should adopt 10 red deer per … Continue reading Deer density & the Cairngorms (1) – NatureScot’s target of 10 per sq km for Caenlochan