For centuries Scotland has prided itself on the abundant numbers of Haggis or Haggi. but sadly these numbers are in decline.The seasonal bans on Wild haggis hunting has come almost too late, but with the introduction of Haggis farms to provide farmed haggis to companies such as Macsween, this has cut down on the consumption of Wild Haggi.
The main predator to the wild haggis, is the pigeonodyle, [pictured above ] The pigeonodyle can catch and eat many of the young haglets, as many as 12 in a day, so these are now being controlled and shot, These bad predators are thankfully, almost eradicated now,
saving most of the young haglets.
I'm not allowed to put a photo on, of the wild haggis for security reasons, just in case of anyone tries to copy" Hamish the haggis basher !!"
Poachers have been hunting the Wild Haggi [plural for Haggis ]
and exporting them to Japan, where they are made into "Scottish Sushi"
In an attempt to preserve the wild haggis in its natural habitat, several sanctuaries have been set up around he country. They breed quite easily and often produce up to 6 baby Haglets,
These are self funded by the sale of "Hagpoo" Hagpoo is made from the faecal droppings of the haggis. mixed with 3 other natural ingredients, i,e thistle sap, scotch mist and another secret ingredient [which i found out was Scotch Broth ] this mixture is processed into "bricks" and then fire treated for 3 days.
Hagpoo is said to burn 3 times as hot as coal and lasts 5 times longer!!
A close relative to the hedgehog, the scottish wild haggis has several distinguishing features. His long [ frontal only] ears can hear sounds up to a mile away, but obviously only in the frontal direction,
However his long front legs and short back legs, give him the ability to stand level on the hills overlooking the glens ,
With the introduction of farmed haggi. for consumption, and the arrest of" Hamish the haggis basher" from achiltibuie, the wild haggi, have had the chance to re-populate in the highlands.
Believe me !!!,,,,,,,,,,, and you'll believe anybody
lots of love jimmy xxxx
[who now works on a haggi reserve farm, now producing up to 100 young haglets per day ]
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Thank goodness we have you to bring this to our attention and to be caring for them in such a loving way. With hope they will be saved and once again be able to roam the hills of Scotland. Keep up the good work you deserve a medal
I didn't sleep much at all last night, so wiled away the hours dreaming up this fantastic story of saving our haggi i had heard part of it before, then just added on the rest,,just for a wee laugh, so its now a case of S.T.H. [save the haggi ]
thank you starvey cat for a wonderful caring post keep smiling,
Hi there my pal Jimmy good to hear you are still looking after them, I was wondering if some of the Haggi are moving down off the mountains onto the flat area's of the Highlands, if having one leg longer than the other which was needed for running around the mountain is causing them any problems on the flat. Concerned English Haggis fan.
how l admire your fight to save the wild haggis...but don't you think it's a bit quick for you to be returning to work.
I myself prefer the taste of the true wild haggis...there is always a fight in our house when we have one for dinner, over who gets the short or long legs.
l think the intensely bred farm haggis are only good for Japanese sushi, and haggis nest soup.
I look forward to my next visit to Scotland to see the wild haggis once again roaming the highlands.
Jimmy, I am SO impressed with all the hard work you are doing to save the haggi, perhaps we will see you in the New Years honours list for the wonderful work you are doing to preserve this piece of Scottish history. We don't want the haggi to become extinct! Been looking for the scotch mist in the supermarkets but cannot find it anywhere. Can it be bought on the Internet? Dont work too hard xx
My sense of humour is still intact ,,,,its the rest of me that worries me i think that's "out of tact !! ?," in fact more probably "out of date " would be more like it [only kidding ]
That's b***** hilarious Sir James. I had a Scottish friend many years ago and she told me that there are secret societies all over Scotland who's sole aim to protect the Haggis! She told me that during the warmer months all the members knit little jackets for the baby Haggis that'll be "born" in the winter. Lol XX
ha ha ha great stuff knikkers, Now most folks wont believe you, but you have my assurance [which doesn't mean a lot ] that what you have said, is perfectly true In fact some of the really caring members even knit the young wee winter haglets [young haggi] woolen kilts
My cruel carer ha ha has just banished me from my own living room, into this cold we computer box room [shes cleaning it for me now ] But she did make me 3 coffees, made my porridge, dressed me [she likes
that ] sorted all my meds, phoned the oxygen team, ordered catheters, made my bed, hoovered, left my lunch all ready,,,and that's b***** all, shocking ha ha,, and shes not finished yet i will need to get one that can do a bit more
Lucky you. Glad you liked the idea. What an image that conjures up! Haggis wearing knitted jumpers and kilts - do you think they would have to wear anything under their kilts? Lol.. XXX
Nikkers,, pmsl my goodness we get worse [at least we can laugh :D]
Its not really a well known fact, that although they keep warm with their knitted jumpers and kilts in the winter, they do not wear anything under their kilts!!, but due to natural genetics, the male wild haggis is born with a rather large unproportional " tool " [this is about the only way i can explain it ] this is for two reasons, the first one being the obvious !! but the second reason is this natural selective breeding, enables the male haggis to take a mate on its back, then escape any predators, by pole vaulting over any obstacles, fences etc. thus saving the species.
jimmy you don't have talk rubbish [i said it first ]
See !!!, Now you know the truth Nikkers [not a lot of people know that ]
Hi wee jimmy, sounds like that bang on the head from your oxygen cylinder has scrambled your brain. Good to see it hasn't affected your sense of humour.
I think we shold have a "Sponsor the Wee Haggi" thread. It's quite shocking to think that they are an endangered species - what would Rab Burns have thought of that? Quick enough to protect the White Rhino but there's all these poor things struggling to survive - your post has been a wake-up call Jimmy, I, for one, will be raffling my old Mum's Aspidistra to support the cause!!!!
Hi Jimmy I'm not sue who is worse you doing research in to the preservation of Haggi or me knitting donkeys in the middle of the night ☺☺☺🐃 I couldn't find a picture of a haggis
There's nothing wrong with us Nan just you carry on knitting donkeys ,,, we'll both finish up in the same place :D,, The nut house ha ha, but they treat you very well there, very polite to you, well fed etc
The last time they took me there ,on entering i noticed a great big clock on the wall, i said to the kind men in the white coats,, "is that clock right " "yes" they said,,, i said "then what the heck is it doing in here " keep smiling Nan [and knitting ]
I have seen tins of Scotch Mist for sale and bootees for the haglets. Does anyone take abandoned baby haglets home to feed and nurse them? I hear a wee dram of whiskey cheers them up no end.
you cant seem to but scotch mist for love nor money now azure,
Me doing my haglet rescue centre bit, [wink wink ] took a young baby haglet home to look after it, as it seemed quite ill,, ] After giving it a wee dram, i was then asked did it get better , i said no,,,, but it got happier ,, need to look into the bootees though, snow not too far away now
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