Podcast: NatureScot urged to do more to stop wild beavers being shot
Conservationists have urged NatureScot to stick to the timetable it set for Scotland’s new policy on wild beavers, to save animals from being shot.
Podcast: how green is COP26’s supermarket sponsor?
Why is a supermarket sponsoring vital climate talks? And just how green is it, asks Richard Baynes in this exclusive Ferret podcast.
Podcast: the ‘Hunterston hum’ from oil ships that keeps people awake at night
A podcast revealing the row over the 'Hunterston hum' from oil ships — and the impact of other energy industries on this slice of the Clyde coast.
Troubled waters: communities at odds on fish farming
Fish farming provides jobs on Skye, but some locals are concerned about its environmental impacts.
Missed deer cull targets spark alarm among conservationists
Scotland’s planned annual deer cull target for 2020-21 has been reduced by around 10 per cent as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, government agency NatureScot has announced.
Why an isolated, rural community turned down £2.7m
An isolated Scottish community turned down a £2.7 million scheme to bring badly needed new housing, opportunities and environmental improvements to the area.
Probe after bloodied beaver found dead in Perthshire
The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the death of a beaver in Perthshire just two days after the season for lethal control of the animals opened.
Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings
A fund set up to help community buyouts is heavily skewed towards a few local authority areas and has spent millions on buying assets already in public ownership.
Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside
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.
