Deer

The Ancient Red Deer Herds Face Destruction

The time honoured and sucessful system of deer management has preserved the finest herds of red deer in Europe. A ban on hunting would withdraw the protection given to the deer by hunting farmers, their neighbours, and the organisation of the hunt. A ban would also end the Hunts' emergency service for casualty deer - those injured by cars, caught in wire or deer who have been badly shot and left.

Now take a look at two articles on the Red Deer written by Hope Bourne and Dick Lloyd

Read also an article written by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes, for the Guardian, 5th July 1997

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