Cull protest
Tullos Hill supports a variety of plants which attract an abundance of animals, birds and insects. It is already a haven for a diverse ecosystem of flora and fauna and it could be embellished and enhanced without killing the resident deer and destroying what is already their natural habitat. Soil conditions on Tullos Hill, previously a landfill site, are poor and polluted. Combined with its exposed situation on the Northeast coastline, it means that the majority of saplings planted on the hill are unlikely to reach maturity.
ACC’s rangers have stated that schoolchildren volunteers will be used to plant the saplings. It is doubtful if the children would be so keen to participate if they knew that the deer will be killed as part of the project. We urge all potential volunteers to unite in a boycott of every part of this scheme until such time as the council drops its plans to shoot the deer. We, the undersigned animal rights, welfare and conservation groups, wish to express our utmost condemnation and outrage at the killing of the indigenous roe deer and we demand that ACC calls off the cull with immediate effect.
Aberdeen Animal Rights; Animal Aid; Animal Concern; Animal Concern Advice Line; Ethical Voice for Animals; People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals; Scotland for Animals; The Scottish tree Trust