If any proof were needed of the perverted nature of the 'killing for pleasure' mob, surely it is to be found in this piece of obscenity in yesterdays' Sunday Times
Jim Carroll

BIDDING WAR TO KILL RARE ROE DEER
Daniel Foggo
AN exceptionally rare white deer nicknamed "Pearl" has been discovered in the Scottish lowlands by a professional hunter, who is now taking bids from people who want to kill it. The white-coated roe-buck, which experts say is not an albino, is so unusual only a handful have been seen in Britain since the end of the second world war.
That the deer has now been given what amounts to a death sentence has infuriated animal lovers, who are campaigning to save its life. Kevin Stuart, who has the stalking rights to the 3,000-acre estate in Dumfries and Galloway where the wild deer lives, says he hopes to secure a four-figure
sum from a trophy-seeking client to shoot it when the hunting season opens in three weeks. He has already been contacted by people keen to stalk the deer, which could fetch up to £6,000 — four times the price of a normal specimen.
The idea 6f having such a rare trophy is exciting the interest of field-sports enthusiasts across Britain and even further afield, and threatening to start a bidding war for the right to shoot it Sporting Rifle magazine is planning to publish a "white roebuck diary", which will count down to its death by detailing sightings and bids by those wishing to kill it.
Animal welfare groups have reacted with horror to the prospect of hunters shooting the deer. "It needs a symbolic name — Pearl — because it is rare and beautiful," said Ross Minett of Advocates for Animals.
"Most people will be disgusted by the thought that the appearance of such a rare and beautiful animal has prompted a bloodthirsty race to kill it"