Scottish Government
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Environment
Scotland fails to protect marine wildlife from trawling, say government scientists
Environment
Landowners bid to shoot more protected birds to save wild salmon
Fact check, Health
How has Scotland done on coronavirus testing?
Ferret Fact Service looks at how Scotland’s testing programme has been delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.
Arms trade, Human rights
UK government broke inspection rules at Scottish bomb factory
The UK government has failed to meet its official criteria for conducting “regular and thorough inspections” of arms facilities every three years at a controversial bomb factory in Scotland.
Environment, Politics
Mass shooting of mountain hares to be banned
Environment, Politics
Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’
Noise alarms used by the salmon farming industry to scare away seals could damage the hearing of whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency.
Environment
Plans to mine peat for a decade ‘breach climate targets’
Environment, Health
Rejected meat: five million defects found by food watchdog
More than five million animal welfare problems, contamination and processing faults have caused the Scottish Government’s food safety watchdog to deem meat unsafe for human consumption since 2016.