Friday, April 26, 2024

Tag: Endangered Species

Calls for Scottish river restoration to “save our last salmon”

THERE is a fresh urgency to restore Scottish river catchments and woodlands to a healthy condition after a disppointing catch number last year, according...

National effort needed to save Scottish wildcat

RESEARCH published today by NatureScot is being used to inform people about the action that is needed to secure the Scottish wildcat's long-term future. To...

Licence applications approved for first-ever Scottish wildcats release

LICENCE applications have been approved to release Scottish wildcats in the Cairngorms National Park later this year. The scheme marks the first-ever conservation translocation of...

Scotland’s threatened species offered lifeline with new £4.2m fund

SOME of Scotland's most threatened species have been given a lifeline from The National Lottery Heritage Fund today. NatureScot has received £4.2m of funding to...

Endangered red squirrel found dead – trapped inside abandoned plastic jar

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW HORRIFIC images show the lifeless body of an endangered red squirrel trapped inside a discarded plastic jar. The animal was found yesterday...

Baby pine martens rescued after being found abandoned and starving

By Oliver Farrimond A PAIR of abandoned baby pine martens are being nursed back to health by the Scottish SPCA after falling from their nests. Concerned...

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