Millden Estate News Today

Scotland’s rural communities are braced for the publication of the Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill, which will introduce a licensing scheme for grouse shoots. The Scottish government carried out a consultation on the bill towards the end of last year and the text, which is to be placed before parliament, is expected imminently. The bill arose from a review conducted by Professor Alan Werritty into grouse shooting in Scotland. The review chose not to recommend the introduction of licensing bu...

Millden Estate's licences are suspended for three years after police find evidence of shot buzzards.

A GWYNEDD gamekeeper who used his dogs for fights and sent sick pictures of people posed with dead animals has been jailed for eight months.

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Rhys Davies, 28, was also given a 15-year ban on owning or keeping animals.

The 28-year-old used dogs to fight and bait wild animals on an Angus estate.

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