Campaigners have called for vigilance in the implementation of new regulations on grouse shooting as the season opened on Monday.
The “Glorious 12th” is the first since the Scottish government introduced rules to prevent landowners burning moors or killing birds that prey on red grouse, the UK’s fastest-flying game bird.
“There’s nothing ‘glorious’ about the killing of helpless animals,” said Ariane Burgess MSP, the Scottish Greens’ rural affairs spokesperson. “Yet, every year, we have seen this organised cruelty taking place across Scotland.”
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