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Scottish Government urged to act over rising seabird deaths

Urgent calls have been made for the Scottish Government to develop a response plan to the thousands of dead seabirds found on Scotland’s coastline. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has swept through colonies, affecting various species in ...

08 Jun 2022 at 19:39

Scottish ministers urged to rethink ‘poor decision’ on guga hunt licence

Scottish ministers are being urged to rethink a “poor decision” to grant a licence to cull hundreds of gannet chicks in the first guga hunt for four years. Animal welfare campaigners at OneKind said the practice – known locally as the guga hunt ...

16 Jul 2025 at 12:53

Bird flu-surviving gannets continue to breed but birth rate down, study finds

Seabirds that have survived bird flu are continuing to reproduce, but low-breeding performance is a “serious concern”, researchers have said. A new paper led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Dr Sue Lewis studied breeding success in northern ...

25 Sept 2025 at 00:01

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Activists protest outside Holyrood as guga hunt petition reaches 100,000 names

Activists protested outside the Scottish Parliament as a petition to end the guga hunt passed 100,000 signatures. The hunt has been an annual tradition in Ness, north Lewis, since the 15th century, with 10 men setting out for the rocky ...

09 Mar 2026 at 16:19

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