THE Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has blamed conservationists for the decline of the capercaillie population in Scotland, claiming that the failure to lethally control the number of foxes and crows has led to the species falling numbers.
Chairman of the SGA, Alex Hogg, took aim at the RSPB, NatureScot, and Danish millionaire landowner Anders Povlsen’s company Wildland Ltd in a statement.
He said: “For years now, Wildland, RSPB and government agencies FLS and NatureScot, in the Cairngorms Connect partnership area, have not managed foxes and crows, the biggest predators of Capercaillie.
