This clearly demonstrates differences in attitudes towards birds of prey between the West and East of Scotland. In the West, and Mull in particular, these birds are at the centre of a burgeoning green tourism economy, helping to pump money and jobs into fragile rural economies, while in the East, where shooting interests predominate, these bird are poisoned. While we all accept the valuable role shooting has in supporting rural economies, estates must face the fact that, with grouse shooting in serious decline, they cannot continue to deprive others from the benefits of green tourism by denuding our rich environment of some of its most iconic birds.
LOGAN D STEELE
Bridgewater Avenue
Auchterarder, Perthshire