Sustainable Deer Management and the Public Interest
The management of red deer at a landscape population level as set out in the Code of Practice on Deer Management (The Deer Code) requires a collaborative approach. Deer are regarded as a natural resource and as such all those who manage them have a ‘responsibility’ to:
- manage deer as a resource sustainably;
- minimise negative deer impacts on public interest;
- safeguard deer welfare.
The deer management objectives of members of the LMG currently contribute to delivering a wide range of public benefits as set out in The Deer Code. This plan will demonstrate how the LMG is currently contributing to sustainable deer management and will identify further opportunities for the LMG to deliver the Public Interest.