Question reference: S6W-06066
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 1 February 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for new cull targets for deer populations.
Answer
As we set out in our 2021 Programme for Government we will: ‘modernise deer management, implementing the recommendations of the Deer Management Working Group.’
The Deer Working Group report includes recommendations relating to cull targets, including those for a cull approval system, and we are working with NatureScot, and other relevant agencies, to progress those recommendations under the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Programme.