Roe Deer Quotes

“Of all the species in this chapter, the lynx is the one which could be introduced most easily. It would contribute markedly to ecosystem functions by hunting and disturbing roe deer, as well as acting as a potential apex predator on middle-guild mammal predators such as fox, badger and marten, which are now very common. It would also restore an iconic and charismatic large cat, the size of a small labrador dog, to its former Scottish range, which could bring real ecotourism benefits. The proposal has been talked about since the early 1990s - over the years, the feasibility research on the species has been of the highest standard - and it's a disgrace to UK wildlife conservation that the species is still absent.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

“Along the foot of [the] mountains are vast woods, full of stags, roe deer, and other wild animals and beasts of various kinds, and these forests oftentimes afford a strong and safe protection to the cattle of the inhabitants against the depredations of their enemies.”
― John of Fordun, Chronica Gentis Scotorum, Volume 2

“I saw the Hurcheon, and the Hair,
Quha fed amangis the flowris fair,
Wer happing to and fro:
I saw the Cunning, and the Cat,
Quhais downis with the dew was wat.
With monie beistis mo:
The Hart, the Hynd, the Dae, the Rae,
The Fowmart, and the Foxe
War skowping all frae brae to brae,
Amag the water broxe.
Sum feiding, sum dreiding,
In cais of sudden snairis,
With skipping, and tripping,
They hantit all in pairis.”
― Alexander Montgomerie, The Cherry and the Slae, with Other Poems