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    SHOULD GROUSE MOORS BE LICENSED?

    Apr 08, 2021 4 minutes

    WHAT IS THE NEW SYSTEM?

    Details are still to be published but the proposal is that Scottish moorland estates will require a licence in order to shoot grouse. This licence can be withdrawn should strong evidence emerge of breaches of codes of practice or unlawful activity. The new law shifts the burden of proof on to landowners to show they are behaving, and away from wildlife campaigners having to prove wrongdoing.

    WHAT IS THE CASE FOR LICENSING?

    The proposal aims to address wide-ranging concerns about grouse shooting, including the illegal killing of birds of prey and inappropriate heather burning. In a related move, the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers)

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