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But Mr Russell told The Daily Telegraph that for every person attracted to Islay by the images there would be “a hundred or a thousand who will be horrified”.
He said deer stalking, by contrast, was a “necessary thing to do considering the lack of control of deer numbers”, adding: “This is also an unregulated activity, unlike deer stalking, and as far as I understand it, not for meat.”
Alex Hogg,of the Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association, said the main reason for goat control was to “prevent damage to woodland”, adding: “RSPB Scotland, for example, control goats on their land at Inversnaid.
“Species control always generates public opinion and controversy, particularly on social media.
“We don’t know the circumstances around this image but, if paying visitors are coming to Scotland to do a job that would have been done anyway, and are spending in local communities whilst doing so, then calling for immediate bans may be a knee-jerk reaction.”
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