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Scottish Natural Heritage
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Scottish Natural Heritage is the public body responsible for the country’s natural heritage.
Seabird populations crashing because of climate pollution
Tens of thousands of seabirds on the Scottish islands of St Kilda have starved to death because of food shortages caused by global warming.
Revealed: how Scotland’s wildlife is suffering
More than 1,700 of Scotland’s most precious wild animals, plants and places are in a poor state – and 600 of them are getting worse.
Rare Scottish wildlife left without legal protection
Scottish ministers have not given legal protection to ten endangered species, including four insects, two plants, two seahorses and water voles.
Revealed: £1m tax sweetener for Cairngorms land deal
A Highland laird was given a tax “sweetener” in a secretive £7.2 million deal to buy an ancient Caledonian pine forest.
Outrage over mass killing of mountain hares
Landowners have been accused of breaching an agreement to end the mass killing of mountain hares in the wake of evidence that hundreds were shot in the Cairngorms last month.
Beavers cruelly shot on Tayside, post-mortems reveal
Emails reveal landowners have been inhumanely shooting beavers and causing them to suffer slow, painful deaths.