The First Minister has sided with farmers over their opposition to attempts to secure legal permission to reintroduce lynx to ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission said cats kill at least 700 million birds and other animals each year in the U.K. It ...

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission estimates that domestic felines annually kill at least 27 million animals in the UK.

Scotland’s first minister has been forced to knock down reports that the government is considering banning cats. John Swinney ...

to protect endangered species such as Scottish wildcats. The report said “cat containment” measures could also include “restrictions on introducing cats to households in vulnerable areas ...

“A lot of effort has also gone into ensuring we still have iconic Scottish wildcats in the UK/Scotland. “If we want these animals to remain in Scotland, then we do need to consider where the risks are ...