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In this series of podcasts, Peter Cairns takes a deep dive into our relationship with wild nature, unpacking how we see – and live alongside – the animals that share our landscapes.

These are stories of conflicting truths, competing interests and different visions for the role of nature in our future. They are also stories that challenge us to imagine a different relationship with the wild world.

There’s too many

There’s too many

Scotland’s deer population is unsustainably high, especially in the lowlands and our expanding forests. Where there are too many deer for the local environment, they can block nature recovery – so numbers must be managed. But deer management is expensive, rasing the question:

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