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Unfortunately, there is a darker side to Scotland, often hidden from visitors and locals alike. Wildlife persecution – legal and illegal – is widespread and ‘country sports’ play a dominant role in rural land management and politics. This guide aims to… Read more

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It’s been a strange and difficult year as, worldwide, we all tried to adapt to the ‘new normal’. We were also concerned that animal welfare may not be top of the priority list as the Scottish Government reacted to the COVID-19 crisis.  But while we’ve… Read more

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Leading Scottish animal campaigns charity, OneKind, has called on the Scottish Government to put an end to the breeding of flat-faced dogs, cats and rabbits, such as French bulldogs, amongst other welfare calls, ahead of the 2021 Scottish elections. On… Read more

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Did you know that fox hunting continues in Scotland despite the 2002 fox hunting ban? One of OneKind’s proudest moments was back in 2002 when we played a key role in persuading the Scottish Parliament to introduce a law which would ban fox hunting with… Read more

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Late last year, it was brought to our attention that Forestry and Land Scotland, previously the Forestry Commission Scotland, was allowing foot packs onto its land to control foxes using dogs. In November we submitted a Freedom of Information request (… Read more

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We can’t quite believe that we’re coming to the end of 2019! With a feature on Channel 4 news, demonstrations, a BBC article quoting our response to Scottish Parliament’s fireworks plans, and the proposal of stronger penalties for animal cruelty to nam… Read more

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OneKind’s response to Alison Johnstone MSP’s Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland Bill). We are largely very supportive of the proposals, that would offer greater legal protection to Scotland’s foxes and hares and close the loophole that currently allo… Read more

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By Libby Anderson The recent launch of Green MSP Alison Johnstone’s consultation on greater protection for foxes and hares is doubly welcome.  Firstly, the proposed new legislation aims to close the legislative loopholes – the now notorious exceptions… Read more

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OneKind animal protection charity has hailed as “game-changing” a proposal by Alison Johnstone MSP to introduce a real ban on fox hunting with dogs in Scotland, and to give full protection to wild hares. Alison Johnstone’s proposal for a Protection and… Read more

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This briefing was produced to help OneKind Animal Advocates write letters in support of a real fox hunting ban in Scotland. Download (DOCX, 763KB)

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OneKind animal welfare charity has welcomed many of the proposals in a comprehensive Parliamentary Statement on Animal Welfare today (Wednesday 9 January 2019) by the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Mairi Gougeon MSP. In particu… Read more

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Leading animal campaigns charity OneKind is calling on the Scottish Government to introduce a real fox hunting ban as mounted packs around the UK set off on their Boxing Day and New Year’s Day hunts. Fox hunting was banned in Scotland under the Protect… Read more

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OneKind is calling on the Scottish Government to deliver a real, effective fox hunting ban in Scotland.

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The Scottish Government has today (Friday 29th June) published its analysis of the consultation on reforming the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act. The consultation was launched last year following recommendations made by Lord Bonomy in a revie… Read more

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On Saturday 24th March, around 800 people joined a march For The Foxes organised by OneKind, The League Against Cruel Sports and IFAW to call for a real fox hunting ban in Scotland. OneKind’s Campaigner Sarah Moyes gives us all the lowdown from the mar… Read more

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Campaign to really ban hunting in Scotland gathers momentum with march and rally: Saturday 24th March, Edinburgh  Hundreds of people are expected in Edinburgh this weekend to march For the Foxes, an event organised by the League Against Cruel Sports an… Read more

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On Saturday 24th March, animal lovers from across Scotland will be coming together in Edinburgh to march For the Foxes and call for a real fox hunting ban. Please join us. At the weekend, Ricky Gervais joined our calls for fox hunting to be banned when… Read more

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Celebrities including Ricky Gervais and Chris Packham are giving their support to a campaign to really ban fox hunting in Scotland. The campaign led by the League Against Cruel Sports, OneKind and IFAW is hosting a march next month in Edinburgh city ce… Read more

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Over 31,000 in favour of strengthening fox hunting legislation   The League Against Cruel Sports Scotland and OneKind are urging the Scottish Government to listen to public opinion when deciding on the future of fox hunting in Scotland, following an ov… Read more

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Leading animal campaigns charity OneKind is calling for the Scottish Government to introduce a real hunting ban as the annual Boxing Day hunts get underway. Fox hunting was banned in Scotland under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act in 2002,… Read more

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The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, is a professed “opponent of fox hunting”. Indeed, under her leadership the SNP at Westminster put themselves between the Conservative government and the Hunting Act, foiling their attempts to weaken… Read more

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OneKind has today welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of a public consultation on the future of fox hunting in Scotland, branding it an important step towards a real hunting ban. A consultation on improving the protection of wild mammals in… Read more

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Leading animal protection charity OneKind has welcomed today’s guilty verdict in the Jedburgh fox hunting trial. Jedforest Hunt members Johnathan Riley, 24, and 66-year-old John Clive Richardson were both found guilty of hunting a fox with dogs on farm… Read more

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League Against Cruel Sports and One Kind Scotland Protest – 11.30am, Sunday 21st MayAnti-foxhunting Battle Bus arrives in Edinburgh following PM pledge for free vote to bring back hunting Two of Scotland’s leading animal welfare charities are staging a… Read more

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Today, in a response to a question from Green Co-Convenor Patrick Harvie MSP, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “I have always been an opponent of fox hunting and remain an opponent of fox hunting”. She continued to say: “Be under no doubt at all th… Read more

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Animal protection charity OneKind is warning about the significance of the Prime Minister’s statement on fox hunting for Scotland. OneKind is appalled that the Prime Minister has today (Tuesday 9 May) declared her personal support for foxhunting, while… Read more

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The Scottish public care deeply about animal issues. Last year in the run op to the Holyrood elections OneKind and our partners in the More for Scotland’s Animals coalition commissioned a YouGov Poll to test public support for progress on animal welfar… Read more

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Sarah Moyes, Onekind’s new campaigner, blogs on her experience representing OneKind at the SNP conference last week. Last week, I headed north for my first party political conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The SNP conference… Read more

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OneKind has welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment today to strengthen the Protection of Wild Mammals Act. The Act was introduced in 2002 to ban hunting with dogs but has been marred by loopholes that mean that fox hunting continues in Scotland… Read more

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Boxing Day is one of the big events in the hunt calendar. Today fox hunts across Scotland will once again set out to kill foxes in spite of the so-called ban that was introduced fourteen years ago. For years, OneKind and others have been calling for th… Read more

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OneKind, Scotland’s leading animal campaigns charity, is calling on the Scottish Government to end fox hunting for good on the busiest day in the hunting calendar. It follows on from a landmark year which saw the publication of Lord Bonomy’s review int… Read more

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Fox hunting was meant to have been banned in Scotland back in 2002. In reality, loopholes in the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 have meant that little has changed. OneKind has long called for these to be addressed, and we’re delighted t… Read more

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This is the first time a carcass has been recovered from a fox hunt and post-mortemed since hunting was ‘banned’ in Scotland back in 2002. Here is what it concluded: “The shot gun pellets appear to have missed the vital organs so in my opinion the shot… Read more

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OneKind is calling on the Scottish Government to implement recommendations made by Lord Bonomy in a review of hunting as a matter of urgency. The findings of the long awaited Bonomy review into the operation of fox hunting legislation were published to… Read more

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OneKind’s submission to the review of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 by Lord Bonomy for the Scottish Government. We make the case for the Act to be strengthened and loopholes to be closed so that fox hunting is banned in Scotland fo… Read more

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Hunting wild mammals with dogs has been established as seriously compromising the welfare of the hunted animal. This led the Scottish Parliament to pass the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, intended to ban hunting with dogs. This briefin… Read more

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