Facts and fury
Nov 19, 2020
3 minutes
By Patrick Laurie.
ild controversy sprung up around the subject of mountain hares in 2020. Amid accusations that gamekeepers were driving hares to extinction through culls, campaigners fought to have these animals protected in Scotland. Lurid headlines and some ugly video footage of large-scale culls emerged to drive support for the ban, and it is easy to see why the public was swayed. Mountain hares are often shot in their white winter coats, and nothing looks
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