Crime and justice, Environment
Footage of illegal trap released amid fresh calls for more powers for SSPCA
Campaigners are demanding that the Scottish Government make a decision over whether the SSPCA should be given more investigation powers.
League Against Cruel Sports
Crime and justice
Revealed: slow progress of Scotland’s air gun licence scheme
Concerns raised over the Scottish Government’s air gun licence scheme after a Ferret investigation found less than a fifth of applications have been processed so far.
Crime and justice, Environment
Probe launched into policing of fox hunts
The Ferret has uncovered what appears to be the systematic harassment of animal rights activists by Police Scotland.
Environment
Secret filming alleges illegal fox hunting
League Against Cruel Sports campaigners secretly filmed the Duke of Buccleuch’s hunt and allege their video shows them breaking the law.