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Revised Common Agriculture Policy proposals fail to consider animal welfare
12 October 2011
Proposals published today (Wednesday 12 October) by the European Commission have missed the opportunity to address the animal welfare problems caused...
Otter death highlights need to end snaring
30 September 2011
New SnareWatch initiative will show the truth Tragic news from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue in Ayrshire this week. Wildlife specialist staff were...
OneKind interview with author Lucinda Hare, author of the Flight to Dragon Isle
29 August 2011
OneKind recently caught up with leading children's author Lucinda Hare, a long time supporter of OneKind. Her latest book Flight to Dragon Isle is the...
OneKind calls once more for review of guga hunt licence
25 August 2011
Each August two thousand gannet chicks, known as gugas, are killed on Sula Sgeir by hunters from Ness, on the Isle of Lewis. The birds are taken from...
OneKind circus petition focuses on moral question
17 August 2011
Thank you to everyone who signed the OneKind petition seeking a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses in Scotland. Our petition has now been...
Book Review - Flight to Dragon Isle
12 August 2011
Following the tremendous success of Lucinda Hare’s debut novel, The Dragon Whisperer, shortlisted for the 2010 Royal Mail Scottish Book Awards,...
Animal Speak
01 August 2011
Top children's author and OneKind supporter Lucinda Hare has contributed a very special guest blog to coincide with the launch of Flight to Dragon...
Animals returned to convicted owner
25 July 2011
OneKind is disappointed by a Sheriff’s decision last week (22 July 2011) to return two ponies and a donkey to an owner convicted of...
Edinburgh Zoo planning to host public animal autopsy
13 July 2011
Edinburgh Zoo’s plans to host a second public animal autopsy, with members of the public being charged around £20 per head to attend, are...
A OneKind message in song to Scottish Parliament
30 June 2011
We don’t know who chose it, but OneKind is delighted that the opening of the new session of the Scottish Parliament (Friday 1 July) will include...