The head of the Perth -based national gamekeeping body has written to Cairngorms officials seeking answers after estate members raised fears over their jobs due to tree planting and deer culling plans for the national park.
Gamekeepers and shepherds held an online protest last Wednesday urging the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s board to reconsider “extreme” elements of its five-year Partnership Plan.
The draft plan, provisionally unveiled in January, advocates a programme to increase grouse population, deer culls of up to 50 per cent (on top of current levels) and a major surge in tree planting, mostly unfenced, to help tackle climate change.
