Leading Scottish animal campaigns charity OneKind has welcomed news that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is set to launch a consultation on General Licences in Scotland. The 12-week consultation is due to open later this year and will ask stakeholders for their views on how General Licences work in practice, what they should cover and how… Read more
OneKind calls for review of General Licences in Scotland
Leading Scottish animal campaigns charity OneKind is calling for a full review of the General Licence system for the killing and taking of certain species of wild birds in Scotland. It follows a legal challenge by the organisation Wild Justice which resulted in Natural England revoking three General Licences for the killing of 16 wild… 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
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
OneKind welcomes proposals to strengthen animal welfare law
Animal protection charity OneKind has welcomed the publication today (1 February 2019) of Scottish Government proposals to strengthen enforcement measures available under Scotland’s main animal welfare legislation. In particular, OneKind welcomes the Scottish Government’s intention to increase the maximum available penalties for serious offences to a prison sentence of five years, an unlimited fine or… Read more
Minister’s commitment to Scotland’s animals welcomed
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 particular, OneKind welcomes commitments for legislation on fox hunting, the creation of an Animal Welfare Commission and the… Read more
Charity calls on Scottish Government to make this year’s Boxing Day and New Year hunts the last
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 Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act in 2002, however loopholes in the… Read more
New report exposes serious welfare concerns surrounding the use of cleaner fish on Scottish salmon farms
Scotland’s animal campaigns charity OneKind has released a new report which highlights the serious animal welfare issues surrounding the use of cleaner fish as a treatment for sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland. Both wild-caught and farmed cleaner fish (mainly lumpsuckers and ballan wrasse) are used by the salmon farming industry in Scotland to… Read more
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