Renewed call for ban on mountain hare culling
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust is repeating a call for a temporary ban on mass culls of mountain hares following a new assessment which has downgraded the status of the species …
Severe declines in mountain hares
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A new study by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the RSPB shows that mountain hare numbers on moorlands in the eastern Highlands have declined severely in recent years. Counts …
Trust joins call for temporary ban on mountain hare culls
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A coalition of ten environmental and outdoor organisations including the Scottish Wildlife Trust have repeated their appeal to the Scottish Government to introduce urgent safeguards for mountain hare populations. The …
Scottish wildlife organisations call to ban mountain hare cull
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The Trust and a group of nine other high profile wildlife and conservation organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to impose a three year ban on all mountain hare culling on …