oops - I think I was mistaken re wild sheep - - when I visited St Kilda I seem to recall the sheep there were left to their own devices presumably since the people left in (1928 or 29?) Think they are studied in the same way as the deer on Rum, but not interfered with in any way - --

Raedwulf, not sure who William the Bastard was? A king of England maybe? So not relevant to Scottish history -- but when it comes to any self styled royalty / aristocracy / landowners - -- none of them were elected or appointed by the people - they took power and privilege, have clung onto it ever since. the land and resources belong to the people of that land - or should do! an individual should have no entitlement to vast swathes of country -- imho!

Re the self styled huntress - - I would be just as outraged to see pix of her with a giraffe, lion, elephant lying dead at her feet - or for that matter a bear, elk, bison (are there any left in US?) - there are other ways to test the 'hunting skills eg stalking with a camera, or target and clay pigeon shooting. She and her kind are disgusting - and I very much doubt that she manages to transport the dead creatures back to her home to eat them? Or that she actually consumes many of the species?