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EMMA HARPER MSP has been a persistent campaigner for changes to the law around livestock attacks SCOTTISH MSP’S have united in support of a Members Bill to modernise and strengthen legislation regarding livestock attacks. The Scottish Parliament gathered virtually to debate Phase One of Emma Harper’s ‘Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment)(Scotland) Act 2020’ which has received unanimous support on the basis that a number of changes would be made during Stage Two.  The most ...

SNP ministers have been accused of years of delay over plans to hand more powers to the Scottish SPCA to allow it to better investigate wildlife…

Greens co-leader Lorna Slater to contest Edinburgh seat Lorna Slater will challenge Scottish Government minister Ben Macpherson in May (Scottish Green Party/PA) Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater will contest an Edinburgh seat at this year’s Holyrood election, the party has said. Ms Slater will take on Scottish Government minister and incumbent Ben Macpherson for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith seat in May. The co-leader, who lives in Leith, came second to the SNP in a 2019 by-election f...

TACKLING RAPTOR persecution, poaching and hare coursing will be the top priorities for Scotlands new wildlife crime specialist, PC Gavin Ross.

IT’S been obvious for over two decades that there is no public appetite in the UK or Europe for genetically modified (GM) food. In October, for instance, when Food Standards Scotland surveyed citizens, it found that only one in ten of us would be likely to buy GM food even if it was significantly cheaper. But the pro-GM lobby never gives up. Now the UK Government wants to change the law in England so that farmers there can use crops and animals created by risky, new-wave genetic engineeri...

It is the long arm of the paw and claw. Tackling raptor persecution, poaching and hare coursing will be the top priorities for a new wildlife crime specialist covering all of Scotland. As the Investigative Support Officer for Scotland for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), PC Gavin Ross will be a source of expertise in wildlife crime at both the local and national level. His "dream post" will see him work with individual police wildlife liaison officers, NGOs, the Scottish Governm...

THE Scottish Greens have urged the Scottish Government not to follow the UK Government’s lead in allowing sugar beet farmers to use a bee-killing pesticide. Earlier this week, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) approved an emergency application for thiamethoxam, a neonicotinoid seed treatment. It was one of three treatments whose use outdoors was banned across the EU over concerns of the impacts on bee populations. Studies suggest neonicotinoids weakens bee...

Police officer will be tackling wildlife crime By Louise Glen  |  Updated: 11:18, 15 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper PC Gavin Ross. Tackling raptor persecution, poaching and hare coursing will be the top priorities for a new wildlife crime specialist covering all of Scotland, appointed late last year. As the Investigative Support Officer for Scotland for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), P...

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NFUS Next Generation chair Pete Moss is part of the judging panel for the competition SCOTLAND’S SOON-to-be crowned ‘Climate Friendly Farming Champion’ will be taking home a state-of-the-art drone with a tailored upload and satellite imagery package from SoilEssentials. NFU Scotland began their search at the start of January, encouraging Scotland’s farmers and crofters to submit a short video outlining the steps they are taking to reduce emissions and deliver wider environmental ben...