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Education is vital as lockdown restrictions and spring weather encourage more people out to enjoy the countryside.
The message came from legal specialist Linda Tinson, a partner at Ledingham Chalmers Solicitors, speaking at the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) Scotland conference.
Ms Tinson’s call was in response to a question regarding concerns over sheep-worrying, as we are in lambing season, but her message will likely resonate with horse owners who have also seen an increase in people wanting to enjoy the countryside during the pandemic.
Ms Tinson said it is a “great bonus” in many ways that more people have discovered the countryside, but the “flip side” is that people are “uneducated when it comes to the ways of the countryside”.
New Scottish govt must promote native breeds, charity says
1 April 2021 |
Native and rare breeds provide valuable commercial, environmental and cultural benefits
More work must be done to recognise native livestock and equines as a key part of Scotland’s biodiversity and national heritage, campaigners say.
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has set out the actions that the new Scottish government, to be elected on 6 May, should take to boost native and rare breeds.
Scotland is a colossus in native breeds, from Aberdeen Angus cattle and Soay sheep to the Clydesdale horse, the Highland Pony and more.
But campaigners at the RBST say they have been taken for granted for too long , and future agricultural policy must actively support their resurgence.
Native breed resurgence could benefit Scottish farming
Highland cattle are among the most popular of Scotland s native breeds.
Native livestock and horses are part of the solution to the challenges facing Scottish agriculture, according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST).
Speaking at the launch of the trust’s manifesto for a resurgence of native animals, chief executive, Christopher Price said a new Scottish Government could adopt six measures which would boost the commercial, environmental and cultural benefits the breeds would deliver.
The RBST’s wish list includes encouraging the creation of a network of local abattoirs; revising the carcase grading system to recognise the quality and taste of native beef; abolishing what remains of the Over Thirty Month (OTM) rule which RBST say is a needless commercial barrier to farming with native breeds; and introducing “honest labelling” based on pedigree records and herd books so that consumers know they are choosing n
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