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Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate

Rob Edwards on August 7, 2020August 9, 2020

Two new incidents in which birds of prey are alleged to have been illegally killed on a sporting estate in southern Scotland are under investigation by the police.

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Scottish Natural Heritage condemned for Diageo peat extraction deal on Islay

Donald Campbell on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

A public conservation body which has received millions of pounds of funding to restore Scotland’s peat bogs is allowing commercial peat extraction on its own land, The Ferret can reveal.

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French sports firm accused of profiting from ‘slaughter’ of songbirds

Billy Briggs on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

A major French sports retailers with stores in Scotland is embroiled in controversy after being accused of "promoting and profiting" from the "slaughter" of songbirds including threatened species.

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Threat of legal action over farmed salmon ‘torture chamber’

Rob Edwards on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Campaigners are contemplating legal action alleging animal cruelty after a video showed farmed salmon being deloused by a floating washing machine.

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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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Environment, Health

Oil firm backed by Scots company allegedly put Indigenous people at risk in Peru

Billy Briggs on July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

A global finance company in Edinburgh has £12m invested in an oil firm accused of endangering Indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon who are in lockdown due to Covid-19.

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Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high

Rob Edwards on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

The amount of salmon killed by diseases and other problems at fish farms has reached record levels, with death rates quadrupling over the last 18 years.

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Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings

Richard Baynes on July 12, 2020July 14, 2020

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.

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Scotland fails to protect marine wildlife from trawling, say government scientists

Rob Edwards on July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

Marine conservation areas have failed to protect wildlife from the fishing industry, according to a study by Scottish Government scientists.

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Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate

Environment

Scottish Natural Heritage condemned for Diageo peat extraction deal on Islay

Environment

French sports firm accused of profiting from ‘slaughter’ of songbirds

Environment

Threat of legal action over farmed salmon ‘torture chamber’

Politics, Environment

Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers

Environment, Health

Oil firm backed by Scots company allegedly put Indigenous people at risk in Peru

Environment

Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high

Environment, Society

Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings

Environment

Scotland fails to protect marine wildlife from trawling, say government scientists

Scots landlords served hundreds of eviction notices during lockdown

FFS explains: How were Scottish pupils’ final grades decided?

Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate

No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies