SIR Andy Murray and his wife are using lion poo — to stop deer eating tulips at their luxury hotel. Bags of the pongy dung have been laid out to repel plant-munching mammals at Cromlix House , which is owned by the tennis hero and spouse Kim. 4 Sir Andy, 37, and Kim bought the hotel in 2013 for £1.
8million Credit: Getty 4 The luxury hotel is located in Dunblane Credit: HANDOUT 4 But the couple have decided to try and use lion poo to deter deer Credit: Getty The flower damage came to light after Kim, 37, met with head gardener Kathy Beckett at the country retreat near Dunblane, Perthshire. Wildlife experts reckon wild deer are hardwired to avoid the king of the jungle . Kim said: “We got to chat about the deer-deterring properties of lion poo — if anyone has a spare wheelbarrow of that lying around.
” Her staff then turned for help to the nearby Blair Drummond Safari Park , which is home to a pride of African lions. READ MORE IN SPORT KRIS BOYD My old Killie fans fear relegation but here's why there's no chance it'll happen MAYHEM FEARS Old Firm party talks collapse leaving city bracing for chaos And the pungent delivery proved a more environmentally friendly solution than synthetic pesticides and fertilisers. A spokesman at the five-star hotel explained: “Cromlix sits on a beautiful estate of 34 acres of woodland and gardens and we love to have deer and other wildlife.
"We follow agroecological principles with regard to pest control . “So when Kathy heard about li.