News from August 2022
August 17th 2022: Last month Animal Concern wrote to Scot Gov Ministers, including Green Party MSP Lorna Slater, Minister for Biodiversity, about bird flu and the guga hunt plus Government policy on culling birds over bird flu in non-commercial premises such as wildlife rescue centres and zoos: Animal Concern received a reply today and once again it shows policy is far too often left to naked silly servants at that hairy-arsed nudist colony NatureScot. Our elected politicians, including Lorna Slater, either don’t know or don’t give guano about what’s going on. It needs action by politicians if we are to legislate to liberate animals from exploitation and suffering. How do we do that if politicians don’t even read our requests for them to take action?
The reply on behalf of Lorna Slater, Scottish Government Minister for Biodiversity, makes it clear that despite bird flu decimating gannet populations and despite the Scottish SCPA declaring the killing methods cruel and inhumane, the guga hunt will continue. If she agrees with that Lorna Slater should resign from the Scottish Green Party. If she disagrees with it she should resign her Ministerial post. You can read the Scot Gov response here:
Read about the July emails here.
August 12th 2022: Animal Concern has chosen the inglorious 12th to launch their call to permanently ground sky lanterns. You can read their press release here:
August 10th 2022: Much of the UK is heading into another heatwave. There’s every chance we will see more devastating wildfires which will kill wild animals and birds and lay waste to grassland and woodlands and cause damage to property and crops. Despite this there’s nothing to stop you setting off sky lanterns, little hot air balloons powered by fire. Even when they don’t start fires these lanterns are a hazard to wild and farm animals when they fall back to earth. Animal Concern has been campaigning for years to have these firebombs outlawed. Given the added risk due to the hot weather Animal Concern has asked the Governments of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to implement an immediate ban on the sale and use of sky lanterns. Perhaps you would like to contact your politicians asking them to back the call for a ban? You can read one of the Animal Concern emails here: