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Grouse shooting licence 'unworkable' for Scottish farmers

In a letter written to the Environment Minister, Gillian Martin MSP, Scottish Land and Estates urged the Scottish Government to rethink current plans to licence grouse shooting

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Grouse shooting licence 'unworkable' for Scottish farmers

Rural businesses, farms and upland estates have urged the Scottish Government to rethink current plans to license grouse shooting. They said it would lead to ‘disastrous and irreversible' outcomes....

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