Santa would have been upset to-day if he had heard the news that DEER grazing at a notorious traffic blackspot near Blair Athol in Perthshire were being culled last night to cut down on accidents.
The decision was made after 12 dead roe and fallow deer, thought to have been struck by cars, were found on a two-mile stretch of the A9 in Perthshire over a 10-day period.
I have traveled many times along that road and at night you can see dozens of deer grazing by the road side. It is a great opportunity to get near them for photographs for our local calendars but of course you can't stop on the road.
Marksmen from the Murthly and Atholl Estate, which owns the land bordering the road, went out to shoot the deer at 11pm last night. Watch out Rudolph!!
yours aye
Gordon Flavell
www.flavell.com
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