A new law increasing the maximum punishment for people convicted of animal cruelty from one year to five years took effect in Scotland this week, a month after the Scottish Parliament passed it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotland's First Minister John Swinney gestures during a speech to representatives from organisations across the public and ...

Figures show there were 274 animal cruelty convictions in 2023/24 — twice as many as the 137 in 2012/13. The number convicted for abusing dogs rocketed from 44 that year, to 177 this year, the highest ...

LONDON — Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise. The Royal Zoological Society of ...

A new SAWC report warns Scotland must expand its farm animal welfare measures to reflect real on‑farm conditions and strengthen the Good ...

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Scottish TV presenter and nutritionist Gillian McKeith has spoken out on why circuses with wild animal acts should be banned in Scotland. “When I was a wee girl, I was taken to the circus by my family ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped ...