Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to clarify the definition of protected animals contained in the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, and associated guidance, to ensure the feral sheep on St Kilda are covered by this legislation, enabling interventions to reduce the risk of winter starvation and the consequential suffering of the sheep.
Petitioner: David Peter Buckland and Graham Charlesworth
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 25 April 2023
PE2021/A: Scottish Government submission of 9 May 2023 (85KB, pdf) (85KB, pdf) posted 16 May 2023