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Rory Waugh

Rory Waugh

CEO of Ardgay Game and co-founder of Noble & Wild, a family-run Scottish wild venison business based in the Highlands.

Jul 29, 2026

10:18
But what's happened? Why are we exporting most of our venison?
10:22
Yeah, various reasons.
10:24
So Europeans, I would say, naturally have taken to it a lot sooner than we did.
10:29
I mean, as much as this protein's been in the UK for a long time, as a commodity, it's maybe relatively new when you compare it to other animals, but...
10:39
Certainly when my father started Bargai Game, which has been processing venison for a long time, what would happen is there's whole carcasses that go to Europe and the vet would come and stamp them.
10:49
And the ones that were rejected weren't good enough were then, you know, stay in the UK and were cut and sold.
10:54
So a whole generation of people that... weren't eating a great product.
15:07
You know, it needs to be controlled, I think is what I'm trying to say.

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