A guest blog by John Nicol OneKind member and supporter, John Nicol got in touch to tell us about an experience he had when out biking on a Scottish grouse moor last autumn. John is a passionate mountain biker who can often be found out on the hills enjoying wild open spaces and the animals… Read more
OneKind is calling for a ban on the use of enriched cages for hens and farrowing crates for sows.
Scotland’s leading animal campaigns charity OneKind is calling on the Scottish Government to ban farm animal cages including enriched cages for egg-laying hens and farrowing crates for sows. The conventional battery cage system was banned in Europe in 2012 and replaced by ‘enriched’ cages. Approximately 2 million hens in Scotland are still being kept in… Read more
5 reasons why snares should be banned
Snares are cruel, primitive and indiscriminate traps that are widely used across Scotland mostly to protect gamebirds from fox predation to benefit the shooting industry. A snare is a simple anchored noose which is positioned on an animal track where an animal will walk into it and become trapped by the neck, abdomen or leg…. Read more
Scottish Government must act now to protect mountain hares
Revive, the coalition for grouse moor reform is calling on the Scottish Government to act to protect Scotland’s iconic mountain hares. Exactly a year ago First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Parliament during First Minister’s Questions that large-scale culling of mountain hares on grouse moors is “not acceptable”. The open shooting season for hares begins… Read more
Scottish quest for quality food must include animal welfare
According to the most recent published figures (June 2018), there are 1.76 million cattle (beef and dairy), 6.59 million sheep and 317,000 pigs on farms in Scotland, as well as an estimated 14.5 million poultry birds. There are also 34,400 horses, 1,300 donkeys, 1,900 camelids and 9,700 farmed deer on Scottish farms. Some of these numbers… Read more
Meet our events volunteers at OneKind
Our events volunteers are such an important part of our volunteer team. These passionate people donate their time to help us talk to the public about who we are, what campaigns we’re working on and how others can get involved. We’ve been sharing our volunteer stories to highlight their dedication to our cause and the… Read more
Where do political parties stand on mountain hare culling?
Last year, OneKind launched a campaign asking our supporters to speak to their MSPs about the indiscriminate and ruthless slaughter of an average of 26,000 mountain hares each year in Scotland. A total of 14,500 emails were sent to MSPs across Scotland asking them to do everything in their power to stop the killing of… Read more
Social Media volunteers at OneKind
We’re contacted every week by people interested in helping us in our mission to end cruelty to Scotland’s animals. Alongside becoming a member with OneKind a lot of our supporters want to help our cause by volunteering in their spare time. We appreciate that not everybody feels comfortable with face-to-face public events and, as a result,… Read more
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