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Scottish Wildlife Trust
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“Wholesale slaughter”: around 100 beavers shot in Tayside
Farmers and landowners have legally killed around one hundred wild beavers in Tayside, The Ferret can reveal. Campaigners have condemned
Alarm over peat extraction plans in south west Scotland
Plans to prolong the mining of peat at two sites in Dumfries and Galloway have alarmed environmental groups, who want
Highland peat extraction ‘at odds’ with climate emergency
A decision to allow the extraction of tens of thousands of tonnes of peat every year from a site in
Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging
The Scottish and UK governments have no idea how much peat has been dug from the ground for commercial purposes
Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts
Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature
Marine industries must pay to protect wildlife, say environmentalists
Energy, fishing and other industries that profit from the sea would have to pay to help save marine wildlife under
Anger at US golf developer’s attack on Scotland’s environmental rules
A US developer has come under fierce fire after complaining that his plan for a golf course on a wildlife
Revealed: the 130,000 wild animals licensed to be killed by wildlife agency
The Scottish Government agency responsible for protecting wildlife has licensed the killing of 130,000 wild animals in the last
The Scottish Government’s first big climate conversation takes flak
The launch of the Scottish Government’s public consultation on how to combat the global climate emergency has been condemned
Licensed to kill: the landowners who shoot thousands of brown hares
Landowners, farmers and foresters are licensed to kill more than 1,300 brown hares every year during the breeding season,
Carry on shooting: Scottish beavers still being killed
Two Scottish beavers have been shot and another five were seen dead in Tayside over the last month, an investigation
Sturgeon pressed to better protect wildlife
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to correct a “mistake” which makes wildlife sites in Scotland more vulnerable to