The Ferret reported (1 December 2022):
➡️ NEW: The Scottish Government has launched an investigation after a bullet shell was found during an inspection of a fish farm off North Uist. https://t.co/CSFmyLSfKR
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) December 1, 2022
Mowi's director of comms spinning away a bullet found on @MowiScotlandLtd's salmon cage in July (after the ban on killing seals): "The bullet casing was severely degraded & appeared to be several years old" https://t.co/zNRDuOb6pL #bollocks @ScotlandSalmon @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/xjOanx5ZyB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 1, 2022
Mowi's boss in Scotland, Ben Hadfield, told The Sunday Times in 2017:
"If seals keep attacking the fish, then, like a farmer kills foxes, we shoot them" said Ben Hadfield in 2017 @ScotlandMowi "We are trying to find ways around it — we want to get down to zero seal culling" @SundayTimesScothttps://t.co/ZlObA7yLxv @tavishscott @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/wBXqOxawPy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 6, 2021
Mowi's boss in Scotland, Ben Hadfield, told The Times in 2017: "If seals keep attacking the fish, then, like a farmer kills foxes, we shoot them" @timesscotland @DailyMirror @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @marinescotland @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua https://t.co/kx9QJrZEhV #Mowi pic.twitter.com/C7XCSHiKkn
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 1, 2022
Scottish Salmon Watch (renamed $camon $cotland in February 2022) has recevied various tip offs re. the killing of seals by Mowi.
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
A press release issued in February 2021 – and media splash in The Daily Mirror – stemmed from a tip-off from a whistlelower in October 2020:
Whistleblower on RSPCA Assured salmon farmer killing seals illegally: "I know an insider at Mowi who confirms the company shoots a lot more seals than what they report" @ScotlandMowi "Plenty goes unreported" @MowiScotlandLtd @marinescotland @rspcaassured https://t.co/Y3kY2D6BoI pic.twitter.com/c8aKR6iz28
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2021:
Photo Exclusive: Juvenile harbour seal killed by @ScotlandMowi in Loch Ewe – authorised by the SSPCA & certified via @rspcaassured but reported by @marinescotland to @policescotland for being killed without licence https://t.co/OlIMhcxoBJ@SealScotland @SOSealsFund @SSPCA_Mike pic.twitter.com/8xOsxTEYzS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 25, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2021:
Named & Shamed: Salmon farmers killed over 1,000 seals since 2011. Don't buy Scottish salmon stained with the blood of Scotland's seals! https://t.co/Y3kY2D6BoI@SSPOsays @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @ScotlandMowi @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland @GriegShetland @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/BWOFSl1mTa
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2021
Download PDF in full via: Data Analysis – Lethal Scottish Salmon: the Norwegian-owned companies killing seals in Scotland! (1,000+ seals slaughtered since 2011)
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Greedy Salmon Farmers Demand £13 Million Compensation for Seal Attacks!
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Media Splash for Seal-Killing Salmon Farms!
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Scottish Salmon's Secret Seal Killers! – FOI refusal prompts call for boycott of farmed salmon
Lethal Scottish Farmed Salmon: Serial Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
Does anyone know the names of the 'nominated marksmen' who have killed 1,000+ seals at Scottish salmon farms since 2011? @policescotland @marinescotland @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @ScotlandMowi @GriegShetland @tavishscott @LochDuartSalmonhttps://t.co/OlIMhcxoBJ pic.twitter.com/kIa8v7ghn2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2021
Back in 2018, Lizzie Daly said she was not going to stand by whilst seals are being shot. Thanks to her shocking video footage @CookeScotland was fined £2,000 @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott https://t.co/M00n4n5A0l
But the killing continues! https://t.co/u5EQnrC2vR @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/9lZpuocfe6— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 1, 2022