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Animals News tagged with scotland

Scotland's Wild Beavers Build Their First Lodge
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, beavers, Scotland, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 20 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The first beaver lodge to be constructed in the wild for over 400 years has been built in Scotland.
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Help Protect Scottish Dolphins From Military Exercise ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, dolphins, Scotland, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 42 days ago - wdcs.org
WDCS is extremely worried that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is expanding Europe's largest military exercise, known as 'Joint Warrior', into the Moray Firth from Tuesday (13th Oct). The Moray Firth is the home to Scotlands only protected population
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Northern Bottlenose Whales Die in Scotland and Wales
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dolphins, Scotland, death, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 42 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Despite considerable efforts by Scottish SPCA, BDMLR, WDCS and various local organizations, a northern bottlenose whale that was first spotted in Scotland's Loch Eil several days ago has now been found dead in neighbouring Loch Linnhe.
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Major Expansion of Military Exercise Threatens Scotland's Only 'Protected' Dolphin Population
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dolphins, miltary exercises, Scotland )

Cher
- 43 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has reacted strongly to news that the UK Ministry of Defence is expanding Europe's largest military exercise, known as 'Joint Warrior', into the Moray Firth. The Moray Firth is the home of the North Sea's
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ACTION ALERT; Stop Scotland's Secret Slaughter!! Save Scotland's Seals Pledge!
Animals  (tags: scotland, seals, slaughtered, massacred, salmon industry, cruelty, wildlife, protection )

Simone
- 58 days ago - sealaction.org
Thousands of seals are shot each year by the Scottish Salmon industry. Recently scientists have revealed a 'frightening decline' in common seals around our coast. We, the Seal Protection Action Group (SPAG) believe that dead seals are too high a price
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Animal Poisoning Cut 'Not Enough'
Animals  (tags: scotland, england, birds, animals poisoning, cruelty, suffering, numbers rising, endangered, willdlife, eagles )

Simone
- 105 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The number of animals in Scotland deliberately poisoned last year dropped slightly to 23 - 12 fewer than in 2007. The figures, released by the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme, included deliberate attacks on 11 birds of prey. Environment
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Plan to Reintroduce Beavers in Disarray Amid Mystery Shots
Animals  (tags: beavers, reintroduction, scotland, mystery, survival, gunshots )

Simone
- 109 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The project to reintroduce beavers to Scotland was in disarray last night after it emerged that one had vanished, two had gone on the run and another had died. Police are investigating the first case after wildlife agencies claimed that the beaver might
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Scottish Beaver Trial - Beaver Disappears After Shots Heard
Animals  (tags: animals, beavers, Scotland, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 111 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Two months ago the Scottish Beaver Trial released 11 beavers into the wild in Scotland, after an absence of 400 years
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Big Cat Filmed Near Military Base in Scotland
Animals  (tags: animals, big cats, Scotland, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 119 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
This photograph of what appears to be a big cat has been taken by a military policeman in Scotland near the home of Britain's Trident nuclear submarines
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ACTION ALERT: Ban Snares! How Many More Animals Must Die in Agony Before They Are Banned?
Animals  (tags: snarees, scotland, england, wild animals, pets, strangled, suffering, goverment, cruelty, ban )

Simone
- 140 days ago - e-activist.com
Snares are thin wire nooses that are set to trap any animal perceived to be a pest or threat. The primitive design of a snare silently garrotts its victims and often leads to a painful and lingering death. Commonly used by gamekeepers to catch foxes.
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£20 Million Whale Watching Industry in Scotland Threatened By Norwegian Whaling?
Animals  (tags: animals, whale watching, Scotland, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 153 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
As the International Whaling Committee (IWC) meet in Madeira to decide the fate of the world's whales, TV naturalist Terry Nutkins and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) go in search of Minke whales off the coast of Scotland.
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Scottish Shark Research Raises Concerns About the Lack of Sharks in Scotland
Animals  (tags: animals, sharks, Scotland, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 156 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The greatest shark tagging event ever held in Scotland, the UK and probably in the world - was the overall verdict of those who took part in Sharkatag organised by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network
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How to Tag a Shark! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, sharks, Scotland, tagging, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 166 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A three-day effort to tag and count as many sharks off the west coast of Scotland starts on Friday.
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Wallaby Cull on Small Scottish Island
Animals  (tags: animals, wallaby, Scotland, cull, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 173 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Dozens of wallabies living on Inchconnachan island in Scotland could be culled in order to protect native wildlife.
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Scottish Wildcat Felis Sylvestris Grampia
Animals  (tags: animals, wild cats, Scotland, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 177 days ago - wildcatconservation.org
Pound for pound the Scottish wildcat is one of the most impressive predators in the world; intelligent, fearless, resourceful, patient, agile and powerful they are genuine superpredators and until as recently as the 1950s were believed to be man killers.
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