White stag spotted in Scottish highlands

[Shewie]

Saw this on the BBC website today

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm


Rich

 

[andy_e]

I saw that, fantastic - and such a shame that they have to protect it from bloody poachers.

 

[spamel]

Did anybody not see the irony of the last sentence, about the stag that was killed?

Farmers and gamekeepers had kept quiet about the stag's whereabouts for years in an attempt to protect him.

So why haven't they done the same with this one? Nice one BBC, you've just advertised the fact that it is up there. I'll guarantee some imbecile will go and kill the poor creature now.

 

[Ben_Hillwalker]

I'll guarantee some imbecile will go and kill the poor creature now.

And the very best of luck to him. Even white deer are good at making themselves scarce when the need arises.

I used to work on a nature reserve with a very large deer population including some white ones. Over the course of a year I only ever saw the white ones once.

 

[wanderinstar]

Exactly the same can be said for this post appearing on here. More publicity. If I was you Shewie, I would ask for this post to be deleted.

 

[Shewie]

Exactly the same can be said for this post appearing on here. More publicity. If I was you Shewie, I would ask for this post to be deleted.

I posted it on here safe in the knowledge that the people who were likely to read it wouldn`t be the sort to go out and hunt this special beast down. If anything the beef should be with the BBC not me, but I do understand where you`re coming from.


Rich

EDIT:

Mods

Feel free to remove this thread if you think it`s for the best. Ta

 

[andy_e]

To be fair, anyone who would have an interest in hunting down this animal or those like him probably already knew of its existence.