suffering scottish deer

[entranced]

can someone please tell me why scotland calls its herds of deer a 'multi million pound industry' so profits from managing them for hunting.....but is not responsible for feeding 'their herds" and allowing them to starve to death in the snow? So.....perhaps we British animal lovers should start a campaign......'Food aid, for scottish wildlife' and invite the worlds press to cover us putting out feed and hay for the deer?!....shame on them! I bet if you wanted to go up there and shoot one someone would claim it was on their land so belongs to them?.......have tried the scottish society for the prevention of cruelty to animals....they claimed they would get back to me on this matter, but they never did............seriously, anyone know what the truth of this situation is please?

[karenmac60]

Thay say that the animals are wild so they don't want to intervene - but then justify shooting them by saying they have to kill the weakest to keep the herd strong. Basically they can make a fortune from rich to$$ers wanting to kill something to prove how manly they are, but they don't want to spend any of those vast amounts of cash on feed for the poor creatures. It stinks to high heaven and makes me so damn angry!

[entranced]

Thanks Karenmac60, thing is, if theyre so damn wild, then why cant you and i just go and help ourselves eh?...answer is, of course, probably a legal one.

[tamborine]

och....this'll save trouble

http://www.theanswerb...n/Question870332.html

[heathfield]

1) Red deer in Scotland have always been regarded in law as wild animals, and still are under EU regulations.

2) Red deer in Scotland are, in law, the property of the owner of the estate on which they roam and this too is recognised under EU regulations.

Since they are wild animals, there's nothing to stop you feeding them.

Since they are someone's property, feeding them might land you in trouble.

The red deer population in Scotland is currently estimated at 300,000. how could you feed them all in the remote vastness of trackless and inaccessible mountainsides? There have been many, many, harsher winters than the present one, and yet the deer population has survived. Warmer winters tend to result in overpopulation, when culling is deemed to become necessary

[entranced]

I dont understand, how can an animal be considered wild and yet belong to me and not to you? clearly it belongs to us...? ok....its how the law is....but with ownership rights should come some responsibility [duty of care]. If you are a legal person reading this, it must seem a trifle, as this is just about how i feel on this issue. what are the chances of getting the law changed? Yes, deer roam thousands of square miles but there are communities spreadout over much of that area and yes deer can be far up in them thar hills but animals will come down in search of food...[incidently, this topic is discussed also in topic 'law'...civil....