Case studies of snare use in the UK, which highlights some of the worst snaring incidents reported to our snare reporting tool, SnareWatch.org, in 2021.
Emotional Beings – Why farmed animal welfare matters in a Good Food Nation
OneKind has produced this report to help people in Scotland – consumers, animal welfare advocates, food producers and politicians – grow their recognition of farm animals as individuals and as sentient, emotional beings, rather than, simply, ‘units of production’.
Underwater cages, parasites and dead fish
A joint report between OneKind and Compassion in World Farming on why a moratorium on Scottish salmon farming expansion is imperative.
SnareWatch Annual Report 2020
Case studies of snare use in the UK, which highlights some of the worst snaring incidents reported to our snare reporting tool, SnareWatch.org, in 2020.
Lonely Scotland guide to hunting, trapping and wildlife persecution
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 raise awareness of wildlife persecution, and to educate the public so that countryside visitors… Read more
Untold Suffering
Untold thousands of animals are killed in Scotland each year as part of a circle of destruction that surrounds grouse moors.
Cleaner fish welfare on Scotland’s salmon farms
A review of the animal welfare concerns associated with the use of cleaner fish on Scottish salmon farms and recommendations to better protect their welfare.
Fish welfare on Scotland’s salmon farms
A review of the animal welfare concerns associated with salmon farming in Scotland and recommendations to better protect salmon and other marine wildlife.
The welfare status of Scottish salmon farms and companies in 2017
Animal welfare is a major concern on Scotland’s salmon farms. This report compiles all the publicly available data relating to the performance of every farm and salmon farming company operating in Scotland and ranks them, producing ‘league tables’.
Scotland’s Puppy Profiteers
The traffickers, dealers and breeders who are putting profit before welfare. This report exposes Scotland’s puppy profiteers and puts forward an eight-point plan to reform the puppy trade and protect the dogs and puppies caught up in it.
Brexit – getting the best deal for animals
Brexit poses a wide range of challenges and opportunities to animal welfare in Scotland and the UK. These are described in this report, Brexit – getting the best deal for animals, produced by a partnership of 37 animal welfare charities including OneKind.
Brexit & Animals
A 10 point plan for animal welfare as the United Kingdom exits from the European Union.
Mountain hare persecution in Scotland
This report was produced by OneKind to expose the scale of mountain hare killing for recreational purposes in Scotland.
A step back in time? The Scottish Government proposal to reintroduce tail-docking
This report was produced by OneKind to help put the animal welfare case to MSPs, press and the public, to ensure dogs are protected from unnecessary pain and long-term behavioural stresses.
Scotland’s Exotic Pets
This report has been produced to support the ongoing review of pet vending legislation in Scotland and contains the results of six months of monitoring of online adverts for exotic animals in Scotland. The report concludes with recommendations to improve the regulation of the online trade so that the welfare of animals sold online is properly… Read more
Cruel & Indiscriminate: Why Scotland must become snare-free
This report by OneKind and the League Against Cruel Sports Scotland analysing the use of snares in Scotland and the impact they have on animal welfare. With a foreword by Professor Ranald Munro.
SnareWatch report
Since 2011, OneKind animal protection charity has been appealing for reports about snares found by members of the public from all over the UK through our website SnareWatch.org. This briefing summarises these reports and our key findings from five years of operating this programme.
OneKind Household Products Report
The UK spends millions of pounds every week on household products, with supermarket shelves and kitchen cupboards dominated by products from a small number of multinational giant manufacturers. They come in attractive packaging, they smell nice and they have a job to do. We may not associate these products with animal welfare problems, because they… Read more
Pet Origins – the case for reform of UK pet vending legislation
This briefing draws on original fieldwork and information published by many organisations with firsthand experience of pet vending issues to describe an industry which has become simply too large and too unregulated, with severe consequences for animal welfare and consumers
Farm Assurance Schemes and Animal Welfare 2012
How the schemes compare. Consumers are increasingly concerned about the welfare of food-producing animals. However, a lack of clear information on the welfare standards for the animals used in the production of different products is a significant barrier to ethical purchasing and consumer choice (Report produced with support from Compassion in World Farming)
Farm Assurance Schemes and Animal Welfare
Overall, the Soil Association achieved the highest scores for all of the species covered by the analysis. This scheme offers many welfare benefits compared with standard industry practice and the scheme standards would be expected to provide a significantly higher standard of welfare than that provided by adherence to minimum legislative requirements.
Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus tour of Scotland Summer 2009
In the summer of 2009, Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus set out on a tour of southern and central Scotland. Travelling with the circus were horses, ponies and dogs for use in the show, as well as two non-domesticated animals. This report describes how, as the circus went from location to location, it repeatedly ignored local… Read more
Animal welfare implications of shooting seals
Scotland has internationally important populations of grey and common seals around its coast. Serious declines in population of common seals in some areas have raised conservation concerns and been widely reported. However, the welfare implications of shooting seals in Scottish waters have never been properly addressed.
Is culling of grey squirrels a viable tactic to conserve red squirrel?
The purpose of this document is two-fold. It aims to describe evidence from the scientific literature about the costs (financial and ecological), benefits and role of grey squirrel culling in red squirrel conservation while at the same time examining whether grey squirrel culling is a long-term solution to red squirrel conservation or whether other solutions… Read more
Why the tail docking of dogs should be prohibited
Tail-docking involves the amputation of most or part of a dog’s tail. The amputation is usually done when puppies are between two and five days old, using scissors or nail-clippers or sometimes with a tight rubber band that cuts off the blood supply to the tail
The Price of a Pedigree – Dog breed standards and breed-related illness
Many members of the public are led to believe that when they buy a pedigree puppy they are buying the highest quality and healthiest dog. But this is often far from true.
A Painful Reality – why painful mutilations of animals must be reviewed
Painful Reality examines a large number of mutilations that are performed on animals in Scotland today, mainly in the farming industry. The Scottish Executive proposes to legislate to exempt these procedures, and a number of others, from the general ban on mutilations provided by Section 20 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.