Tag: Environment

Hunters and conservationists battle over “lamb-killing” ravens

HUNTERS and bird lovers are locked in battle over claims Scotland’s ravens are responsible for killing newborn lambs. A petition to be allowed to cull...

Rare bird having blind chicks

ONE of the rarest birds in Scotland is producing chicks with “lethal blindness” as a result of inbreeding. There are only 60 breeding pairs of...

Haddock shrink by a third in “evolutionary” response to trawling

HADDOCK and whiting off the west coast of Scotland are dramatically shrinking in what may be an evolutionary response to fishing. A new study reveals...

Billionaires given government cash to grow trees on their estates

A MILLIONAIRE metal trader is one of dozens of wealthy landowners being paid public money to grow forests on their estates. A charitable trust run...

Tunnock’s teacakes condemned for killing tigers and orangutans

TUNNOCK’S TEACAKES have been condemned by environmental campaigners - who claim they are contributing to the extinction of orangutans and tigers. Eco-warriors have claimed that...

SNH launch £500,000 “full scale eradication project” to wipe out Orkney stoats

SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE have announced a £500,000 “full scale eradication project” to wipe out stoats on Orkney. SNH have outlined their plan for the five-year...

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