Why oh why is Scotland the only country in the UK to still have the ban on tail docking of working dogs?
Just back in from ferreting a plantation of young larch and scots pine trees. I am soaked to the skin and frozen. My daughter is visiting us with her boyfriend and I thought it would be a good chance for him to see some different animal tracks in the snow.
I am not a happy chappy. I was cutting old rabbit fences away this morning and my ear is bleeding profusely. I detest that high tensile wire; when you cut it with the wire cutters it goes off like a coiled spring. It felt like I had been shot in the ear.
Chief Inspector Andy Brown, who is responsible for policing 9000 square kilometers of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, told gamekeeping students at their annual prize giving in Thurso that it was unfortunate that some individuals and bodies chose to consistently accuse gamekeepers, stalkers and ghillies of committing crimes against wildlife.