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Government announces deer culling plan in bid to save woodland

Campaigner and broadcaster Chris Packham backs policy and says sometime 'hard choices' are needed

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The Government has announced plans to cull deer in order to support woodland
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The Government has announced plans to cull deer in order to support woodland

Farmers across England will benefit from new measures to reduce the damaging impacts of deer on woodlands, under a new 10-year government plan due to be announced today (Friday, February 20). According...

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