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Animal experts call for CCTV in farmed fish slaughterhouses
Scientists and academics have called for CCTV to be installed in fish slaughterhouses following the emergence of footage showing alleged animal welfare breaches at a Scots-based company supplying Waitrose with salmon.
M&S salmon firm rapped for misreporting pesticide use
The company that supplies Scottish farmed salmon to the retail giant, Marks and Spencer, has been officially reprimanded for misreporting toxic pesticide use.
Fish farms blamed for overfishing in West Africa
The trucks are lined up on the beach, rear doors open towards the ocean. On the sand there are piles of empty crates, and every now and then a worker takes one and goes to meet the small coloured pirogues that reach the beach loaded with fish.
Animal charity urges ministers to enact plans for tighter fox hunting law after huntsman convicted
An animal welfare charity has urged the Scottish Government not to drop plans for tighter regulation of fox hunting following the conviction of a top huntsman who encouraged illegal hunting.
More than a thousand wildlife species and habitats in poor condition
More than 1,100 of Scotland's wildlife species and natural habitats are in a "poor" condition, and dozens of the nation’s protected sites have been damaged by climate change.
Over 40 fish farms ‘unsatisfactory’, says government watchdog
Over one in ten of Scotland’s fish farms have been rated as “unsatisfactory" by the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog.
Row erupts over ‘bat safe’ roofing membrane
ow has broken out over a bat-friendly roofing membrane which has been promoted as safe for the protected mammals for almost three years.
Foxes still chased by hounds and shot in public forests
Foxes are still being chased by hounds and shot in public forests, despite outrage about the practice when it was revealed last spring.
Ocean desolation: how fish farm pollution is killing marine life in Greece
Fish farmers insist the impact is minimal, Greek scientists now claim the pollution they produce is killing crucial marine ecosystems.
