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Gamekeepers fear 'vexacious' claims as Scottish Government set to license grouse moors

Mike Wimberley, member of a shooting party on the moors in Dunkeld, Perthshire, as the Glorious 12th, the official start of the grouse shooting season, gets underway. Picture: Jane Barlow.

THE Scottish Government is preparing to introduce licensing for grouse moors.

The Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill, announced in the Programme for Government, will implement the findings of the Werritty Review, which recommended a system of licensing for grouse moors in order to tackle the illegal persecution of birds of prey.

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