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. […]

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 […]