Professor Callum Roberts, of Exeter Uni, said: “These animals are friendly. The salmon farms are trying to put a spin on their indefensible practice of shooting seals” @Daily_Record https://t.co/byC8ot3Xqh @tavishscott @SSPOsays @marinescotland @HamishMacdonell @SealScotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 4, 2021
The Sunday Mail reported (4 July 2021):
Spot the Odd One Out Competition – first prize is a side of 'seal friendly' Scottish salmon (served fresh with the blood of a mother seal & her orphaned pup); second prize is two fillets & third prize is an all-you-can-eat buffet @SSPOsays @tavishscott https://t.co/byC8ot3Xqh pic.twitter.com/cM5VFzDmJT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 4, 2021
John Robins of Animal Concern: “Tavish Scott has shown ex-politicians might well get high-powered jobs because of who they know not what they know. He seems to believe seals are becoming aggressive & teaching each other to attack fish farmers” https://t.co/byC8ot3Xqh @tavishscott
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 4, 2021
Wanted: Tavish Scott – Lobbying for Seal Killing At Salmon Farms in Scotland! @tavishscott @SSPOsays https://t.co/byC8ot3Xqh
£10,000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution @policescotland @ScotlandMowi @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/meulOEZNWA— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 4, 2021
The Ferret reported last month (8 June 2021):
Police Scotland is investigating an incident in March when a seal was allegedly shot at a fish farm off a west coast island. https://t.co/5lUApkTIdK
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) June 8, 2021
"The killing of seals is morally bankrupt at the best of times. But to continue to slaughter seals illegally after the Scottish Government banned seal killing in January is abhorrent" https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @FerretScot @NOAA pic.twitter.com/7sCQRQzVQy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021
In April 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch and Animal Concern offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution of a salmon farmer illegally killing seals.
£10,000 Reward Offered – Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms in the Cross Hairs! https://t.co/S9eaWpuCrn @policescotland @marinescotland @LizzieDalyWild @CookeScotland @SealScotland @ScotlandMowi @rspcaassured @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @scotgp
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 26, 2021
In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch published photos of seals killed by salmon farmers in Scotland.
Photo Exclusive: Seals 'Executed' by Scottish Salmon https://t.co/88Kn1lZwpx@SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @strandings @marinescotland @NOAA @RuralPolicySRUC @SRUC @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @SSPCA_Kirsteen @RSPCAChris @Try_Lochlander @coopuk @marksandspencer @Tesco pic.twitter.com/XDimhpTbXi
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 8, 2021
Email just in from an industry whistleblower: "A long-standing Mowi manager once shot a seal on Lewis with a shotgun & laughed as the poor creature writhed around screaming as it died slowly & painfully with a shotgun wound to the side of the head" @ScotlandMowi @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/1gsKU8l1eP
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 26, 2021
Read more via:
- Probe launched over claims of ‘sonic torture’ at Scots fish farms
- Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers
- The Ferret: "Police investigate allegation seal was illegally shot by fish farm"
- Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"
- The Ferret: "£10,000 reward for information on illegal seal killing after police asked to investigate deaths"
- £10,000 Reward Offered – Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms in the Cross Hairs!
- FOI Disclosure: Seal Licence Breaches by Salmon Farms (reply by Scottish Government on 1 April 2021)
- Photo Exclusive: Seals 'Executed' by Scottish Salmon
- FOI disclosure from Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme
- Police Scotland refuse to name 112 marksmen licenced to kill seals!
- Sunday Times: "Sharp rise in seal shootings blew hole in permit scheme – Officials were warned that salmon farmers ‘had no willingness or intention’ to collect detailed data"
- Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
- Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
- Calling All Whistleblowers – Please pass on photos of dead seals killed at salmon farms!
- Daily Mirror: "'Nearly 80 seals were legally shot in Scotland in 2020 – highest number in seven years'"
- Scottish Salmon's #1 Seal Killer – Norway's 'Scottish' Sea Farms Named & Shamed!
- Official Data: 1,000+ seals killed by salmon farms since 2011!
- The Ferret: "Salmon companies rapped for breaking rules on shooting seals"
- Caught in the Cross-Hairs: Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms!
- FOI opens sealed documents on killing by salmon farms
- Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms – is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
- Greedy Salmon Farmers Demand £13 Million Compensation for Seal Attacks!
- £5,000 reward offered for information on illegal shooting of seals
- Victory Sealed After 50-Year Campaign – But the Battle to Save Marine Mammals from Salmon Farms Continues!
- The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
- Photo Gallery: Seals Against Salmon Farms!
- Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
- The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
- GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' – in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
- Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
- Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
- Greens want ban on seal scarers
- Fergus Ewing – Minister for the Promotion of Norwegian Salmon Farming
- Seals in the Cross-Hairs of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Salmon's Slaughter of Seals Has Not Stopped!
- Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scottish Government bid to exempt salmon farming from US seal-killing ban"
- RSPCA in firing line over Marine Harvest's seal-killing spree in Scotland – 118 seals killed by Marine Harvest's RSPCA Assured farms since 2011
- Marine Harvest: Scotland's #1 Seal Killer
- All At Sea: Seal-Killing Salmon Farms
- Scottish Salmon Blinded by Seal Killing
- The Two Billion Dollar Salmon Ban
- Closing the Net On 'Seal-Friendly' Scottish Salmon – last orders on the RSPCA's abuse of 'last resort' killing of seals?
- Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
- Cecil the Seal Killers Named & Shamed in Scotland – Call for Boycott of "Seal Unfriendly" Scottish Salmon
- Media Splash for Seal-Killing Salmon Farms!
- VICTORY: Disclosure of Seal-Killing Salmon Farm Data Ordered by 21 August
- Scottish Salmon's Secret Seal Killers! – FOI refusal prompts call for boycott of farmed salmon
- Lethal Scottish Farmed Salmon: Serial Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
- Scottish Salmon's Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
Could someone tell @RSPCA_official to stop “sealing” the fate of marine mammals around salmon farms?
Their fake labelling scheme is a scam.
Shooting seals is now illegal. But subjecting them to >200dB noise is illegal too and that still goes on.
Feedlots have no place here. pic.twitter.com/3OJxTEsQBA
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) April 5, 2021
John Robins of Animal Concern in today's @SundayTimesScot: "Seals appear to have been killed & disposed of illegally as a matter of course" @SSPOsays @ScotlandMowi @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon @tavishscott https://t.co/ax00cS341M pic.twitter.com/CcRJjenlef
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2021