Evidence of Haggis in Remote Highland Glen

Deep in the Highlands, a small community has seen
its crop of turnips destroyed.
A local farmer said,
"If this is wild haggis..we have a problem; they're nae bother  when they're up in the high hills. But when they come doon... oh mercy! Nothin' can strip a field o' neeps like the haggis...it certainly looks like them."

Local Expert Called in
Local expert, Lady Jane of Belnaglack, knows Haggis well. She tells us:
"Haggis have plenty of natural food on the high heather slopes and it's unusual for them to come to lower ground' said Lady Jane. "I'm puzzled. I'm taking my bloodhound Biba up to the hills to see what we can find...it is all very distressing."

The suspect droppings
Fears have been compounded by the find of droppings typical of the Haggis, and samples have been sent to  Edinburgh.

The Pursuit Begins
The Ladies Jane and Catherine, with Bloodhound Biba, search scrubland near the damaged turnip field for traces of the Haggis.... and head higher up the hill.
  

The Search Party Heads into the Forest
Biba the bloodhound has been specially trained to seek out the faintest scent of Haggis and is one of the few bloodhounds in Scotland capable of finding the scent of this elusive animal.

A Shocking Discovery
Biba's tugging at the lead alerts the search party to something unusual... the search party cautiously investigates.

The Team Investigates
"This is awful," says Lady Jane, "an illegal haggis farm!  This place was abandonned quite recently. No wonder we've been having the Haggis loose among the crops."

Shocking Pictures of an illegle Haggis farm!

Onto the moors.

Lady Jane & Catherine find no live Haggis at the farm so they venture out onto the moor to widen their search. "What we need to do is get onto the higher ground and see if we can see any sign up there,"  says Lady Jane.

The First Glimpse
After a thorough search, Lady Jane & Catherine,  have their first encounter with the elusive Haggis. Biba pulls violently at her harness and puts up a haggis which shows itself for the briefest instant...then disappears in the heather.

Full Scale Hunt Planned

 "I am absolutely thrilled to have seen a wild haggis" said Lady Jane, " these animals are
 extremely shy and this is the first time in years of searching that I have come to close to a wild one.
 Actually, I'm so overwhelmed, I think I could do with a restorative!" 

LEGAL NOTE.
It is illegle for Haggis (or any other animal)... to be kept in captive circumstances contrary and alien to the natural elements which are found in their native habitat." The "Wild Fauna, Invertibrates and Upper Moorland Species Act" of 1962, further protects wild Haggis from exploitation but permits their rearing and hunting  in designated areas. Most of the Haggis we eat comes from these permitted areas.


See the haggis Hunt...Episode Two




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