Buck stops here for wild day out.(News)

From: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) | Date: March 29, 2006 | Copyright information

Nature lovers are being invited to switch-off television reality shows and see real domestic dramas unfold in the Border wilderness.

The Forestry Commission is staging a series of expeditions in the 155,000-acre Kielder Forest to follow the family fortunes of local roe deer.

There will be the chance to see bucks go ...

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