Animal campaigns charity OneKind has released a new report, The welfare status of salmon farms and companies in Scotland, which highlights the worst and best salmon farms for animal welfare in Scotland in 2017. The report collates publicly available data on mortalities, escapes, biomass exceedance, seal shooting and sea lice burdens for the 184 active… Read more
Calls for an end to mountain hare killing intensify on first day of the open season
Charities have today intensified their calls for urgent action from the Scottish Government to prevent the further mass killing of Scotland’s mountain hares. The open season on mountain hares begins today (1st August) and runs until 28 February. During this period, tens of thousands of mountain hares will be killed. The majority will be killed… Read more
New data reveals death and disease on Scotland’s salmon farms
Disease, lice infestations and mass mortality events continued to cause suffering on Scotland’s salmon farms in the first quarter of 2018, new data has revealed. The data shows that up to three million fish died (assuming all salmon that died weigh 1kg) in mortality events between January and March 2018. This is an 8.5% increase… Read more
Scottish Government given huge mandate for fox hunting ban
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 review of the Act. The consultation received 18,787 responses, with 98% of respondents supporting a real and effective… Read more
Charity invites wildlife artists to come together to help Scotland’s animals
Leading animal campaigns charity OneKind is inviting Scotland’s wildlife and animal artists to exhibit their work in Edinburgh to raise money for Scotland’s animals. After a successful launch last year, Art for Animals returns on the 19-25 October at the Breeze Art Gallery. The event will celebrate Scotland’s magnificent wildlife while also raising awareness of… Read more
Parliamentary questions reveal ravens routinely culled across Scotland
Raven culling has become routine across Scotland, with Scottish Natural Heritage permitting the killing of over 1000 ravens per year in the last three years. The number of ravens permitted to be killed was 1129 in 2016, 1133 in 2017 and 1082 in 2018. This information has come to public attention following answers to a… Read more
Scottish public overwhelmingly support increased protection for the iconic mountain hare, according to new figures
Charities release polling following revelations of the shocking extent of mountain hare slaughter in Scotland New figures have revealed overwhelming public support for increased protection of Scotland’s iconic mountain hare. Polling commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports and OneKind show that 83% of the Scottish public think hare culling should be regulated or made… Read more
New data reveals extent of mountain hare persecution in Scotland
Data which has been released under Freedom of Information rules has revealed for the first time the true extent of mountain hare persecution in Scotland. Mountain hare killing in Scotland is unmonitored and unregulated during the open season, which runs from 1st August to 28th February, and until now the only estimated number of mountain… Read more
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