Famous Highlands stag fed by tourists put down over health concerns

Callum, described as a ‘local legend’, has had to be euthanised by National Trust Scotland. Photograph: Andrew Grant McKenzie (Highland Historian)/Andrew Grant McKenzie/SWNS

A Highlands red deer known to approach tourists for their snacks has been put down over health concerns.

Callum the stag was a familiar sight at Torridon’s Beinn Eighe car park, in the north-west Highlands, due to his willingness to walk up to tourists and accept food from human hands.