New polling shows huge surge in opposition to the Guga hunt.
The tides are well and truly shifting against the Guga hunt – the cruel annual killing of Gannet chicks off the North West coast of Scotland – and we have the stats to prove it. Our latest polling shows that 77% of Scottish people with a view want the Guga hunt to be banned. In […]
We paid a visit to the most vile shop in Scotland
Last week, we were travelling down from some campaigning work in Inverness, and we passed a shop called The House of Bruar. We decided to go in for a look, and what we found shocked us. The House of Bruar is a high-end department store in the Scottish highlands, and it looks innocent from the […]
We Just Tried to Hand NatureScot the Biggest Petition in Their History
We just travelled to NatureScot headquarters carrying two things: A giant Gannet suit. And a giant cheque representing what is now the largest petition NatureScot has ever received. Over 163,000 people have now signed the call for Scotland’s nature agency to stop the licensed slaughter of Gannet chicks on Sula Sgeir. HELP US REACH 200K […]
We Didn’t Win the Election – But We Changed the Conversation
Yesterday, we lost the election. But we won the moment. Because as millions of eyes across the country watched the results being announced, they saw a massive Gannet seabird on stage, unfurling a placard that read “END THE GUGA HUNT.” A few months ago, the idea sounded ridiculous. Run for the Scottish Parliament dressed as […]
SCANDAL: Guga hunt island is Scotland’s worst performing Gannet colony.
Sula Sgeir is Scotland’s worst-performing Gannet colony – yet the body responsible for protecting it is still allowing birds to be killed. Each year a group of men travel to the remote island of Sula Sgeir in northern Scotland to kill young Gannet seabirds – known as “Guga” – as part of a traditional hunt. […]
Abolish the Guga Hunt activists arrested after 60+ hour rooftop occupation
Three sleepless nights. Two arrests. One clear demand: End the Guga hunt. At 4am on Friday 20th March, while most of the country slept, two men climbed onto the roof of NatureScot headquarters in Inverness. Perched on the highest ridge above the building’s glass atrium, they locked themselves to a railing, unfurled a banner, and […]
Gordon Ramsay cooked young seabirds into a ‘delicacy’ and the footage is hard to stomach.
Footage has emerged showing celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay travelling to a remote Scottish island in search of a “rare” “delicacy”. But what he uncovered wasn’t cuisine – it was pure cruelty. In the four minute long clip, filmed as part of an episode of his series The F Word, Ramsay sets out for the Isle […]
GOOD NEWS! for the campaign to end the Guga hunt
Today, the Scottish Parliament ensured this petition will carry forward – and with it, a real chance to change the law. Today, MSPs made an important decision. They unanimously decided to keep Rachel Bigsby’s petition to end the Guga hunt open and carry it forward to the next Parliament. Here’s why this matters. The current […]
Silent Protest Outside Scottish Parliament as Guga Hunt Petition Hits 100,000
Today outside the Scottish Parliament, we stood in silence. Tape over our mouths. Not because we had nothing to say. But because more than 100,000 people have spoken out against the Guga hunt – and they are now in danger of being silenced. In less than 48 hours, the Petitions Committee will make their final […]