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Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside

Richard Baynes on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

The Scottish Government is under growing pressure to act after confirmation that 87 beavers have been shot under licence in the eight months since they were given official protected status.

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“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside

Rob Edwards on May 17, 2020May 18, 2020

Farmers and landowners have killed around a hundred wild beavers in Tayside in a cull condemned as "sickening" and "shameful" by campaigners.

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Carry on shooting: Scottish beavers still being killed

Rob Edwards on May 3, 2019May 5, 2019

Two beavers have been shot and another five were seen dead on Tayside in the last month, an investigation by The Ferret has revealed.

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Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups

Billy Briggs on January 16, 2018January 19, 2018

Scottish Government plans to simultaneously introduce legal protection to beavers while giving licences to land managers to shoot them have raised concerns.

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Farmers shooting ‘as many beavers as possible’

Rob Edwards on August 1, 2016

Farmers and gamekeepers are shooting “as many beavers as possible” on Tayside before they are brought under legal protection, according to emails released by the Scottish Government.

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Beavers cruelly shot on Tayside, post-mortems reveal

Rob Edwards on February 1, 2016October 12, 2017

Emails reveal landowners have been inhumanely shooting beavers and causing them to suffer slow, painful deaths.

Politics, Environment

Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers

Rob Edwards on July 19, 2020July 22, 2020

Most lobbying of Scottish ministers has been carried out by big businesses and farmers, according to an analysis of Holyrood’s lobbying register by The Ferret.

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Mass shooting of mountain hares to be banned

Rob Edwards on June 17, 2020June 18, 2020

Landowners will be prevented from mass shooting of mountain hares and salmon farmers face controls on sonic seal scarers - but beavers will still be killed.

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Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’

Rob Edwards on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

Noise alarms used by the salmon farming industry to scare away seals could damage the hearing of whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency.

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Results for "beavers"

Environment

Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside

Environment

“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside

Environment

Carry on shooting: Scottish beavers still being killed

Environment

Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups

Environment

Farmers shooting ‘as many beavers as possible’

Environment

Beavers cruelly shot on Tayside, post-mortems reveal

Politics, Environment

Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers

Environment, Politics

Mass shooting of mountain hares to be banned

Environment, Politics

Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’

Salmon farm rapped for toxic pesticide breaches

Adoption charities taking over Kinship carer service is ‘slap in the face’

Twenty children killed in Yemen since UK resumed selling bombs to Saudi Arabia

Scots landlords served hundreds of eviction notices during lockdown