Scottish estates are hoping the “Glorious Twelfth” opening of the grouse shooting season on Monday will herald a “year of recovery” for the sport after disastrous weather in 2018 left moors badly short of birds. But any relief at what will at least be a limited rebound in grouse numbers will be clouded by gathering political storm clouds in the shape of growing protests from environmentalists and animal rights activists against a sport that has dominated upland moors in Scotland and northern England since Victorian times.
Scottish estates are hoping the “Glorious Twelfth” opening of the grouse shooting season on Monday will herald a “year of recovery” for the sport after disastrous weather in 2018 left moors badly short of birds. But any relief at what will at least be a limited rebound in grouse numbers will be clouded by gathering political storm clouds in the shape of growing protests from environmentalists and animal rights activists against a sport that has dominated upland moors in Scotland and northern England since Victorian times.
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