Tag: Endangered Species

Calls for Scottish river restoration to “save our last salmon”

Animal News

Eilidh Farquhar - March 1, 2024

THERE is a fresh urgency to restore Scottish river catchments and woodlands to a healthy condition after a disppointing catch number last year, according...

National effort needed to save Scottish wildcat

Animal News

Ivan Prothero - May 3, 2023

RESEARCH published today by NatureScot is being used to inform people about the action that is needed to secure the Scottish wildcat's long-term future. To...

Licence applications approved for first-ever Scottish wildcats release

Animal News

Erin Brown - March 27, 2023

LICENCE applications have been approved to release Scottish wildcats in the Cairngorms National Park later this year. The scheme marks the first-ever conservation translocation of...

Scotland’s threatened species offered lifeline with new £4.2m fund

Animal News

Ryan Nixon - June 29, 2022

SOME of Scotland's most threatened species have been given a lifeline from The National Lottery Heritage Fund today. NatureScot has received £4.2m of funding to...

Endangered red squirrel found dead – trapped inside abandoned plastic jar

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Kirsty Stewart - July 26, 2018

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW HORRIFIC images show the lifeless body of an endangered red squirrel trapped inside a discarded plastic jar. The animal was found yesterday...

Baby pine martens rescued after being found abandoned and starving

Deadline News Journalist - June 9, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A PAIR of abandoned baby pine martens are being nursed back to health by the Scottish SPCA after falling from their nests. Concerned...