Gannets: The hunters don’t want you to see this letter…

You’re about to read something the Guga hunters never expected the public to see. They thought it would stay private. They were wrong. The Guga hunt – the annual killing of Gannet seabird chicks on the Scottish island of Sula Sgeir – was written into law in the 1950s when wild birds were given legal […]

The Guga Hunt campaign is growing and so is the pressure on NatureScot

Since our last update, the campaign to end the Guga hunt has moved into a new phase. The petitions have grown, parliamentary scrutiny continues, and pressure on NatureScot is rapidly mounting. We want to bring you fully up to speed on what’s happened, and what comes next. The Government Petition: 90,000 Voices and Rising The […]

Red Squirrels threatened by renewable energy project

The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales (WTSWW) has launched a campaign against a planned renewable ‘energy park’ that threatens one of the few remaining Red Squirrel populations in Wales. The Red Squirrels of the Bryn Arau Duon forest are one of only three surviving colonies in the country.  Once a common sight in […]