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Drew Macfarlane-Slack of Scottish Land and Estates suggested that if SNH set cull rates and the Government imposed its own strategies that would disincentive those private owners from the business they are involved in.iiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 13 December 2016, Col 35
Richard Cooke suggested –
“fixing culls by mandate would, in effect, mean that we have moved away from the voluntary principle, and that is not an option.”iiiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 13 December 2016, Col 33
Although he agreed with the recommendation of the LRRG that the best...