News

'Lauder Lass': Needs your help!
26th Jul 2010
A beautiful mare in the Scottish Borders has been given a second chance after suffering years of mistreatment and nearly ending up in a Slaughter house and potentially a foreign one at that! Can you help her?

Beer to be sold in dead animals
23rd Jul 2010
A £500 a bottle super-strong ale is to be sold inside the bodies of dead animals.

What's wrong with milk!
23rd Jul 2010
Two new studies - an Italian one published this month, and earlier Canadian research - have linked milk consumption to a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer.

How much milk should you drink? For years we've been told it's good for bones, now studies show prostate cancer link
23rd Jul 2010
Two new studies - an Italian one published this month, and earlier Canadian research - have linked milk consumption to a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer.

Poisonings of birds of prey 'highest for two decades'
23rd Jul 2010
DOZENS of birds of prey were killed across Scotland in 2009 during the worst year in two decades for incidents of illegal poisoning, a report will show today.

The Hardest Working Mother On The Planet
23rd Jun 2010
Poem by Anita Menzies-Udale

Scientists create 'sick pigs' to cure humans
18th Jun 2010
SCOTTISH scientists are creating pigs that are genetically modified to suffer from incurable human diseases – so they can be used by drug companies to test new therapies.

Laura Cummings: There's no need for people to fear a brush with foxes
17th Jun 2010
DISTINGUISHED by its pointed ears and long bushy tail, the fox is an animal synonymous with the British countryside.  

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet
4th Jun 2010
Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says

'Roadkill clinic' to see students care for injured wildlife
2nd Jun 2010
Animals which would normally have been left for dead are being brought back to life with the opening of a pioneering emergency wildlife hospital in the Lothians.



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