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

John Swinney has knocked down reports the Scottish Government is considering banning cats. Reports emerged over the weekend ...

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC ... through predation and competition for resources with vulnerable wildcat populations". "Some countries already require cats to be contained all the time ...

It has been estimated that cats across the UK kill tens of millions of wild animals each year - including birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Countries such as Australia have set up initiatives ...

With some 27 million birds slain each year, a new report is advising the Scottish Government to take fresh measures ...

The native Scottish wildcat is the only wild member of the cat family to survive in Britain, but a report published in 2019 ...

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney ruled out banning or restricting cats on Monday. But the idea of a crackdown on cats is neither new nor likely to meet with universal disapproval. Cat control, ...

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SNP ministers said they were “fully considering” the report, by the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission, which claims domestic cats are threatening rare wildcat populations by competing with them for ...

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission has warned that cats are depleting wildlife populations and has suggested restrictions and even a ban on the animals in Scotland.

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission ... and competition for resources with vulnerable wildcat populations. “Some countries already require cats to be contained all the time or seasonally ...