New salmon farmers scheme condemned as “greenwashing opportunity”
A new scheme to penalise salmon farmers when fish escape has been launched. But we found it is controlled by the industry prompting criticism.
Bird Flu
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Millions of gamebirds imported during record bird flu outbreak
More than three million pheasants and partridges were imported into Scotland throughout the most severe bird flu outbreak in history
Claim Scots could face jail time for having unregistered chickens is Half True
A Scottish policy around keeping chickens has been drawn into the international debate around personal freedom and government overreach. An
Bird flu pushes ‘globally important’ Scottish seabirds into decline
The recent bird flu outbreaks have pushed iconic Scottish seabird species into decline for the first time, according to a
Bird flu: 90,000 chickens culled in Scotland during outbreak
Nearly 90,000 chickens have been culled in Scotland to prevent the spread of the UK’s worst ever bird
Fact check: claim about Neil Ferguson’s Covid-19 predictions
[sc name=”FFS”] Among those who are sceptical about the impact of Covid-19, scientists advising the government on policy