Members of the rural community said the proposals to change the female deer cull season presented animal welfare issues and could affect deer managers’ mental health. The Scottish Government has ...

Gamekeepers say they have been spared the mental torment of shooting pregnant red deer at times when they are close to giving birth. The Scottish government had proposed extending the open season ...

The Scottish government had proposed extending the open season on female deer as part of measures to control deer numbers and protect wood and peatlands from overgrazing. But Agriculture Minister ...

On the Japanese island of Yakushima, a Japanese macaque was seen not only getting on top of a female deer but also releasing some sexual fluids in the process, according to one account in the ...

Agriculture minister Jim Fairlie said in making the decision he considered the “potential distress” that could be caused to those working in the sector who are ”required routinely to shoot heavily ...

As they grow, they learn to listen and watch for predators and other threats. The largest deer, the adult moose, has little to fear from lone wolves or bears. Female moose have been known to violently ...

Sponsored by Skinner's, this week's dog of the week is Storm. Labrador Storm has a determined streak, as he showed during a shoot on the river Dart when a cock pheasant landed about 50m upstream. He ...

The harvest of female deer remained below the 10-year average for a second straight year, with 63,797 does reported. Five percent of deer taken this season were buck fawns (7,503 deer).