Roe deer become target for urban hunters out to make a quick buck

The Independent - London | June 6, 2009| | Copyright

Glasgow is the new focus of a dramatic upsurge in the poaching and baiting of wildlife. Cahal Milmo reports

THE DEER carcasses bore the tell-tale marks of a vicious dog attack that are found on other wild animals killed in Britain's growing trend for illegal hunting. What made them different was that these mutilated creatures were discovered in the suburbs of one of Britain's biggest cities, not woodland.

The five roe deer have been found during the past month in Bishopbriggs, a Glasgow suburb, after being chased to their deaths by a pack of lurcher-type dogs owned by urban gangs who pursue ...

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