SASA in the media

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Below are links to articles concerning SASA mainly in the online media

 

2024

Badgers cleared as main culprit of lamb attacks on Scottish farms
Royal Veterinary College
2 September 2024

Fox or badger? Scientists identify main culprit in lamb attacks
Farmers Guide
2 September 2024

'It's foxes, not badgers' says study into lamb predation
Farmers Weekly
2 September 2024

Foxes 'most likely culprit' for lamb attacks on Scottish farms
FarmingUK News
2 September 2024

United Kingdom: Wild falcons, the new prey of thieves
France TV info
12 May 2024 

DNA testing snares father and son who raided peregrine nests
BBC News
13 February 2024

‘It’s soul destroying to find nests have failed’: inside the battle against Scotland’s falcon thieves 
The Guardian
13 Februrary 2024 

New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals 
University of Leicester
12 February 2024 

Foxes most likely responsible for lamb predation 
NatureScot
13 February 2024 

Badgers cleared of lamb attacks after DNA tests show foxes to blame
The Telegraph
13 February 2024 

Lamb killings in Scotland blamed on foxes with badgers ruled out
The Herald
13 February 2024 

2023

Man who shot and killed protected bird of prey issued fine
STV News
1 April 2023

Man who shot and killed bird of prey on Scots country estate fined £1,500
Daily Record
1 April 2023

Gamekeeper pleads guilty after video shows him killing sparrowhawk
Scottish Farmer
31 March 2023

Gamekeeper filmed by RSPB shooting bird of prey
BBC News
31 March 2023

Highland gamekeeper fined after blasting protected sparrowhawk with shotgun
Press & Journal
31 March 2023

Gamekeeper pleads guilty after video shows him killing sparrowhawk
The National
31 March 2023

Union appeals for farmers to report predator damage
Press & Journal
3 March 2023

SASA calling for badger predication evidence
Scottish Farmer
3 March 2023

Still some optimism in a changing potato industry
Farmers Guardian
5 February 2023

Hope for new PCN-resistant potatoes
Farmers Guardian
1 February 2023

Scottish scientists reveal potato varieties resistant to PCN
Scottish Farmer
27 January 2023

Scottish scientists discover potato varieties resistant to potato cyst nematodes
Potato News Today
24 January 2023

PCN and blackleg main topics at Cambridge potato conference
Scottish Farmer
16 January 2023

New Scottish seed potato organisation in membership drive
Scottish Farmer
10 January 2023

Scottish growers urged to join new seed potato co-operative
FarmingUK
9 January 2023

Seed Potato Organisation looking for growers to sign up
Grampian Online
4 January 2023

Wind turbines a 'threat' to endangered Scots birds of prey
Herald Scotland
3 January 2023

 

2022

Potato acreage at risk as cost-price squeeze bites deeper
Farmers Weekly
26 October 2022

PCN grave threat for seed sector
Farmers Guardian
18 September 2022

FAS' take on Potatoes in Practice highlights a Scottish success
Scottish Farmer
9 September 2022

Seed potato growers urged to join new organisation
Scottish Farmer
26 June 2022

British seed potato growers urged to join new organisation to support and develop the sector
Potato News Today
23 June 2022

New seed tattie organisation outlines aims
The Courier
22 June 2022

New seed tattie organisation outlines aims
Press & Journal
22 June 2022

‘Fight Against Blight’ to continue for 2022 season
Farmers Guardian
1 June 2022

Man jailed after ‘worst example' of animal fighting Scottish SPCA has ever seen
The Scotsman
27 May 2022

Beekeepers put on alert as deadly disease is found in Perthshire
Daily Record
26 May 2022

American Foulbrood disease found in Blairgowrie bee hive
Scottish Farmer
20 May 2022

Man caught selling gold baby bracelets in London made from endangered elephant hair
Daily Mirror
30 April 2022

Man who illegally sold gold jewellery containing hair from African elephants in north London is fined £8,400
Daily Mail
30 April 2022

Man convicted of illegal sale of jewellery containing endangered elephant hair
Inverness Courier
30 April 2022

Man guilty of selling jewellery containing endangered elephant hair in Wembley
Evening Standard
30 April 2022

Project to tackle plant parasitic nematodes in daffodils and potatoes
Farming UK
25 April 2022

Scottish Agronomy and Grampian Growers combine in PCN fight
Scottish Farmer
24 April 2022

Plant health undergraduate studentships for 2022
Horticulture Week
22 April 2022

New project tackles nematodes in potatoes and daffodils
Farmers Weekly
20 April 2022

Seed potatoes: Scottish Government eyes up Prince Edward model
Scottish Farmer
17 March 2022