Rewilding Britain - Legal Challenge to Stop the Beaver Cull
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Legal challenge to stop farmers and land managers from shooting beavers.
Tayside is home to the largest beaver population in Scotland. Last year, just months after the government declared beavers a protected species in Scotland the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) granted licences to cull 87 beavers which is one fifth of the country's total population of 450, They were said to be causing problems for farmers and landowners. It was described as “needless bloodshed” and Rewilding Britain said allowing beavers to be shot “makes a mockery of their protected status.
Trees for Life charity have challenged NatureScot’s authority to allocate licences to shoot beavers in Edinburgh’s Court of Session. They have raised £60,000 through a public crowdfunder to cover its legal costs. They have said the animals should be relocated are they are breaking the law by failing to make the killing of the protected species a ‘last resort’.
National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland and Scottish Land and Estates are backing NatureScot in the proceedings. Scotland’s farming union maintains that killing beavers is necessary to prevent costly agricultural damage. Occasionally, as in Tayside, they can have local impacts on agriculture, flooding agricultural fields. The licence system has been a way of protecting their farms from economic and environmental damage. That licence system is now subject to judicial review with proceedings commencing. NFU Scotland president, is concerned about future implications the case may propose in terms of future species management.
We need to explore options of payments to landowners, and ways to ensure that beavers and our waterways can thrive.
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