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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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Revealed: the 130,000 wild animals licensed to be killed by wildlife agency

Jamie Mann, Rob Edwards on July 28, 2019July 29, 2019

The Scottish Government agency responsible for protecting wildlife has licensed the killing of 130,000 wild animals in the last five years.

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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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Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting

Richard Baynes on December 2, 2018April 6, 2019

Farmers blamed for blocking legal protection for beavers, allowing more to be shot.

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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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Scottish ministers roasted on freedom of information

Rob Edwards on March 20, 2017April 1, 2017

An investigation by Scotland's information watchdog has lambasted ministers for their “poor” approach to freedom of information law.

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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.

Beavers

Environment

“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside

Environment

Revealed: the 130,000 wild animals licensed to be killed by wildlife agency

Environment

Carry on shooting: Scottish beavers still being killed

Environment

Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting

Environment

Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups

Politics, Environment

Scottish ministers roasted on freedom of information

Environment

Farmers shooting ‘as many beavers as possible’

Environment

Beavers cruelly shot on Tayside, post-mortems reveal

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