A new law increasing the maximum punishment for people convicted of animal cruelty from one year to five years took effect in Scotland this week, a month after the Scottish Parliament passed it ...

LONDON — Unicorns are real. At least they are in Scotland where the mythical creature is considered the national animal. Starbucks may have made big headlines in the United States last month for its ...

With previously released wildcats breeding in the wild, experts say there's "hope" for the future of the mammal's ...

Figures show there were 274 animal cruelty convictions in 2023/24 — twice as many as the 137 in 2012/13. The number convicted for abusing dogs rocketed from 44 that year, to 177 this year, the highest ...

AN animal that was believed to have been extinct has been rediscovered in the UK. Almost 80 years since it was last spotted, ...

Animal Defenders International (ADI) congratulates the Scottish Parliament for being the first nation in the UK to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. MSPs today unanimously voted ...

Rare sheep on a remote Scottish island are being left to starve to death, it has been claimed. Soay sheep have roamed wild on the archipelago of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides for thousands of years, ...

The industrial action on Bonfire Night comes after talks with the SSPCA failed to reach a pay deal. Unite members ...

Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in Lanarkshire, Scotland last weekend could be compared to the size of a beach ball.