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U-turn over plans to trap river Tay beavers
Inverness :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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Beavers living wild around the river Tay are to be monitored for the next three years before a decision is made on their future. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Up to 100 wild beavers throughout the southern Highlands of Scotland will be allowed to roam
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Spending cuts threaten Scotland's endangered species
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Major projects to promote rare and endangered species such as red squirrel, sea eagles and beavers are being threatened by deep spending cuts. Photograph: Don McPhee for the Guardian Major projects to promote rare and endangered species such as red
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Call to scrap 'cruel' island tradition of annual gannet cull
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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Gannet chicks, or guga, have been collected for generations on the island of Sula Sgeir40 miles north of Lewis, where they are considered a delicacy...The hunting of some seabirds is illegal under the Wildlife and Countryside Act but special licences
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Drive to protect urban deer from city peril
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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Airgun and dog attacks, as well as poaching are among the problems increasingly emerging as hundreds of roe deer populate urban areas. In addition there are now about 10,000 road accidents a year involving deer, prompting the government to set out
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Lawyers beavering away over trapping order
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 years ago
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Legal challenge over River Tay's wild beavers An official beaver reintroduction trial is currently being held in Knapdale An order to trap escaped beavers in Tayside could be challenged in the courts, campaigners have said. The Scottish Wild Beaver
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Murky waters: Why are beavers being sent to the zoo?
Inverness :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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a beaver gets ready for its close up in Scotland There are beasts out there, lurking in the countryside. Wild boars are now well-established in the woods of southern England, having escaped from farms. Big cats like lynx and puma, after appearing
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Scotland's beaver-trapping plan has wildlife campaigners up in arms
Dundee :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The unpublicised project has been authorised by Scottish Natural Heritage, the government wildlife body, after it emerged that a large number of beavers had taken root following a series of escapes from private collections in Angus and Perthshire
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Money grows on trees (£4m every day)
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Scottish economy and supports the equivalent of 39,000 full-time jobs, according to a new report by Scottish Natural Heritage. Walking and landscape-related activities, such as hiking, generate most, bringing in around £900m a year...The Scottish
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Wildlife bodies merge in 'key' public reform
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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The Deer Commission for Scotland (DCS) will merge with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) tomorrow and the new body will be known as SNH...Almost all DCS staff will remain in position following the merger, which Ms Cunningham described as a "key aspect"
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Wildlife tourism nets £1.1m every day
London :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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New figures have revealed the importance of whale-watching, angling, shooting and deer stalking to Scotland's £4 billion tourism industry...Scottish Natural Heritage has revealed it is to launch its biggest campaign to encourage tens of thousands of
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