Question reference: S6W-14448
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 January 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 February 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions landowners have failed to respond to a formal request made under section 10(2) of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 to cull deer.
Answer
There has been one occasion in which the landowner has failed to respond to a formal request under section 10(2) of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 to cull deer.
This is in relation to the recent NatureScot intervention in Loch Choire, where the landowner has failed to respond to Section 10(2), resulting in NatureScot staff undertaking culling on the property under Section 10(4) authorisation. NatureScot are currently determining next steps in relation to the use of statutory powers.