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A farmer in Dumfries and Galloway has been hailed for his quick thinking after performing an emergency roadside Caesarean section on a dead hare, saving two of its unborn babies. At such a critical ...
Eight females and five males were carefully relocated from Scotland to Cumbria in September 2024. Project leader Dr Michael Mayhew said: “Pine martens are very bonny animals - these woodland creatures ...
From July 1st, the whole of England will become a bluetongue restriction zone, meaning livestock can move freely around. Governments in Cardiff and Edinburgh, however, have decided that animals coming ...
A new tool has been launched to cut through the confusion of bluetongue movement rules and help farmers keep livestock moving ...
A project to reintroduce pine martens in Cumbria has reached an important milestone, as the population is believed to have welcomed the ...
Struggling up the ferry gangplank with her shepherd's crook, her dogs, a huge bag of filthy clothes and a rucksack on her ...
As the days grow longer and fields begin to hum with life, summer brings a flurry of activity across Scotland’s farms and ...
New figures showing an increase in the number of greyhounds that died racing last year have sparked renewed calls for a ban ...
"The smell was overwhelming, and the interior conditions were truly appalling. The floor was completely obscured by a ...
Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton quoted one Scot as saying people are ‘scared, attacked and traumatised’ by the birds.
Scottish planting rates have fallen back after surging levels of woodland creation last year, the data reveals.