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 Ferret reported (8 June 2021):
Was a seal killed illegally at your @rspcaassured salmon farm in Loch Spelve on 17 March 2021? @scotseafarms
A complaint has been submitted @policescotland including details how a pup was orphaned outside the cage – what did you do with the dead body? @strandings @marinescotland https://t.co/8NzYsWLOpF— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021
Has the RSPCA kicked @scotseafarms out of @rspcaassured for illegally killing a seal in Loch Spelve on 17 March 2021? https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @policescotland @marinescotland @NOAA @RSPCA_official @RSPCAChris @SSPCA_Mike @SSPCA_Kirsteen @RSPCA_PATeam @BenMacpherson @onekindtweet
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021
"Those found guilty of breaking the new laws could face a maximum penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both" (@scotgov) https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @FerretScot
Which members of @rspcaassured 'Scottish' Salmon have killed seals illegally? @scotseafarms @SSPOsays— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021
Was your thorough investigation led by Mr Magoo? Did you question your staff at Loch Spelve? pic.twitter.com/WWyF6uQCCA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021
Did you check under the salmon farm in Loch Spelve for the body? Or maybe the carcass was weighed down by heavy chains? Or was the dead seal wrapped in plastic and dumped off site? pic.twitter.com/dRVexivkHs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021
"We carried out a thorough investigation and found no evidence to support your allegation" claim @scotseafarms in relation to a seal killed in Loch Spelve @rspcaassured salmon farm @SSPOsays @LeroySeafood https://t.co/Wz1TnzHiC5 @FerretScot @policescotland @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/OtipkWKlQt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) 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
"When workers see the reality of salmon farming the only way they can do anything about it without losing their jobs is to tip-off organisations like ours"https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7
Calling all whistleblowers!https://t.co/GFtwHwbOrl@salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland pic.twitter.com/Abz7qWv2w6— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021
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- 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!
So are you still killing seals (as permitted under the RSPCA's farmed salmon standard)? https://t.co/w43FodMABj @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @GeorgeMonbiot @ChrisGPackham @BillOddie @PeterEgan6 pic.twitter.com/l6xaAdPWPb
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2021
The latest version of the RSPCA's farmed salmon standards – published in February 2021 – makes for alarming reading (especially if you're unlucky to be a seal living near a salmon farm) @rspcaassured @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @scotseafarms https://t.co/64dNCuCC3Z pic.twitter.com/XESYFQYR3k
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2021
How do you protect your RSPCA Assured salmon since it is now illegal to kills seals? Does your Loch Spelve salmon farm have anti-predator nets? How many seals have you shot & killed since 31 January 2021 when it became illegal to kill seals?https://t.co/64dNCuCC3Z pic.twitter.com/x4incJbHyS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 17, 2021