“Hamlet”shot in the Scottish Borders.

Cost of a few lambs getting eaten anyway v lost revenue from tourism
as folk visit the area to see golden eagle, and eating lamb dinners.

Hmmm

Bring in a local tourist tax to fund losses if necessary
on top of existing schemes

Wildlife tourism is a big deal.

Yeah, farmers should get compensation for losses to
these birds bringing in tourists.

Farmers might even benefit long term as their shops
and B&B get a boost and prices rise.

The profile of the area would be lifted and marketing
guys can produce a little premium on produce as profile lifts.

“Hamlet”shot in the Scottish Borders.
I thought he was poisened.

Any research to back this up?


Open your eyes, there is loads of actual wildlife tourism

To be able to visit southern scotland/ borders instead
of far more inaccessible places would be a shoo in.

those who complain about re-introduction of birds of prey into where they evolved over tens of thousands of years might want to contemplate how spectacularly unnatural sheep-farming is

sheep belong and evolved for rugged terrain, like goats. they are not suited to heavy wet ground(hence they get terrible foot rot from it) and degrade the local ecostructure by reducing everything to grassland. farmers with their sheep have massively depleted scotlands biodiversity

sad to say but true. what the answer is i dunno. but i would not deny the majestic eagle the chance to fly. they were poisoned out of existence

similar arguments with deer. they have to be culled, unfortunately, as they no longer have any predators