Did poachers do this?
Published: 11:59, 10 November 2017
POLICE are looking into a potential deer poaching ring operating in the far north after more than a dozen stag heads with antlers intact were found behind an abandoned croft.
The grim discovery at Baligill, near Strathy, comes as Police Scotland launches anti-deer poaching patrols in Caithness and north Sutherland to clamp down on illegal activity.
The 12 heads were discovered by a member of the public travelling through the area on Sunday.
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