Best Practice
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Welcome to Best Practice Guidance on the Management of Wild Deer in Scotland. A new revised set of 74 Best Practice guides was published in July 08. The guides have been developed by Scotland’s deer sector to provide you with the best information available on wild deer management in a format that is easy to access.

Recent Best Practice news is in the August 2011 Newsletter sent to subscribers

To subscribe to the set of guides and recieve updates in the post please download the subscription form below and return to SNH, along with a cheque or postal order.

subscription form(PDF 58KB) or call us on 01463 725000

At the heart of the guides is the need for clarity on the law, along with three central aims; safeguarding public safety, ensuring food safety and taking full account of deer welfare. Public confidence in these three issues is essential if wild deer management in Scotland is to maintain the respected of a wider audience at home and abroad. The guides are dynamic and practitioners are encouraged to debate and share ideas to help develop future editions. Revision will also be made in light of new research, changes to policy and new legislation .

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