Environment
Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting
Farmers blamed for blocking legal protection for beavers, allowing more to be shot.
Beavers
Environment
Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups
Scottish Government plans to simultaneously introduce legal protection to beavers while giving licences to land managers to shoot them have raised concerns.
Environment, Politics
Scottish ministers roasted on freedom of information
An investigation by Scotland's information watchdog has lambasted ministers for their “poor” approach to freedom of information law.
Environment
Farmers shooting ‘as many beavers as possible’
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.
Environment
Beavers cruelly shot on Tayside, post-mortems reveal
Emails reveal landowners have been inhumanely shooting beavers and causing them to suffer slow, painful deaths.