OneKind blog
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OneKind welcomes community payback order for illegal snaring offence
25 May 2016
OneKind has welcomed a community payback order for a man convicted of snaring offences in East Lothian. Craig Aitken (43) from Haddington was today...
The 2016 Scottish Elections – Who said what on animal welfare?
04 May 2016
The Scottish Elections are just around the corner so what then are the politicians saying about animal welfare? If you are a keen follower of our...
What will the next Scottish Government do for animals?
19 April 2016
It’s almost election time in Scotland, so last week OneKind, working in partnership with Blue Cross, Cats Protection, the League Against Cruel...
OneKind Calls on Scotland to Keep Farm Animal Welfare Codes
07 April 2016
The recent announcement by DEFRA that it plans to repeal farm animal welfare codes has caused an understandable furore among consumers and...
Snare charges against Glenogil gamekeeper dropped by Crown Office
13 March 2016
OneKind calls for changes in law after ‘totally unacceptable’ suffering of snared fox. In September 2014, the OneKind field officer...
A Manifesto for Scotland’s Animals
04 March 2016
Animals are suffering at an unprecedented scale around the world and in Scotland. Millions of farm animals are caught up in intensive farming...
No place for polar bear breeding in Scotland
19 February 2016
Polar bears are awesome animals. In the wild, they roam enormous areas of the Arctic, with natural ranges that are on average considerably larger the...
Should the tail docking ban be weakened?
01 December 2015
Tail docking was banned in Scotland in 2006. Since then, thousands if not tens of thousands of dogs have kept their tails when they would otherwise...
Remember them all
08 November 2015
At a time of year when we think about those who have fought and died in conflict, more and more people are beginning to also acknowledge the sacrifice...
Severe suffering in UK animal tests revealed
23 October 2015
Statistics released by the Home Office on Thursday 22 October reveal for the first time the levels of pain, suffering and distress experienced by...
