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‘Showstopper’ peacock voted Britain's favourite butterfly
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‘Showstopper’ peacock voted Britain's favourite butterfly

RSPB buys Scottish islands to safeguard ‘awe-inspiring’ seabird sanctuaries
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RSPB buys Scottish islands to safeguard ‘awe-inspiring’ seabird sanctuaries

Scotland’s first cat hotel announces opening plans
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Scotland’s first cat hotel announces opening plans

Skunk spotted roaming road late at night near Fife village
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Skunk spotted roaming road late at night near village

Swinney condemns threats as inspectors pull out of mass cattle cull at Fife farm
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Inspectors pull out of mass cattle cull after threats made 

First underwater footage of adult great white shark recorded in Mediterranean
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First underwater footage of adult great white shark recorded in Mediterranean

Scottish wild kittens born to released mothers for third year in a row
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Scottish wild kittens born to released mothers for third year in a row

Rare sheep ‘starving to death’ on St Kilda as calls grow for animal welfare protections
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Rare sheep 'starving to death' on St Kilda as calls grow for animal welfare protections

Farm owners ‘devastated’ at slaughter of 271 ‘unidentifiable and untraceable’ cattle
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Farm owners 'devastated' at slaughter of 271 'unidentifiable and untraceable' cattle

Woman handed animal ban after keeping puppies and kittens in house ‘covered in faeces and urine’ 
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Woman kept puppies and kittens in house 'covered in faeces and urine'

Scots can now check midge levels in their town with new interactive map
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Scots can now check midge levels in their town with new interactive map

Edinburgh Zoo’s baby capybara named after Scotland’s national drink
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Baby capybara named after Scotland's national drink

Watch as osprey chicks hatch at Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes reserve near Dunkeld
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Watch as osprey chicks hatch at Scottish wildlife reserve

‘Cannot enter food chain’: Farm to slaughter 271 cattle after Scottish Government inspection
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Farm to slaughter 271 'unidentifiable and untraceable' cattle

Orca pod spotted hunting dolphins off coast of Scotland in rare footage
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Orca pod spotted hunting dolphins off coast of Scotland in rare footage

Pesky parrot in Inverness causing ‘thousands of pounds worth of damage’ to cars
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Pesky parrot causes 'thousands of pounds of damage' to cars 

Kittens found malnourished in ‘dark and dirty’ sheds find forever families
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Kittens found malnourished in 'dark and dirty' sheds find forever families

Rare burrowing city water voles relocated ahead of drainage works
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Rare burrowing city water voles relocated ahead of drainage works

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