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Your support is helping homeless pets

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Fin Robertson
23 January 2012

The recent OneKind appeal to support free veterinary clinics for homeless pets brought a great deal of seasonal cheer to the animals, their companions...

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8Hours petition reaches it’s one million signatures target

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Fin Robertson
09 January 2012

The millionth signature arrived on the www.8hours.eu website on the 30th December 2012, a fantastic conclusion to a massive mobilisation of European...

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Street Pets - Helping vulnerable animals this winter

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Fin Robertson
05 December 2011

Today we are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Dr Andrew Gardiner from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, on the...

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“Greatest crowd-pullers on earth” touch down on Sunday

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Libby Anderson
01 December 2011

This Sunday sees the long-planned arrival in Scotland of the giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang, destined for a ten-year stay in Edinburgh Zoo,...

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Celebrating our Centenary

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Kirsty Connell
30 November 2011

OneKind works to protect animals throughout the UK, and beyond.  But being based in Edinburgh, we do like to celebrate our Scottish background...

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Take A Photo Of Your Pets To Save The Animals In Fukushima

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Fin Robertson
28 November 2011

The California-based Hachiko Coalition has launched an original new campaign to save pets and livestock left in desperate circumstances around...

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Remembering Animals in War - Lucinda Hare

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Lucinda Hare
11 November 2011

To mark Remembrance Sunday we are pleased to share this very special guest blog by author Lucinda Hare, which reminds us that not all of the sentient...

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8Hours: Deadline extended as campaign gets close to target of 1 million signatures

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Fin Robertson
02 November 2011

The exciting news is that 8Hours the EU-wide campaign, which aims to bring to an end the long-distance transportation of farmed animals for slaughter,...

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Grey seal slaughter figures soar in Scotland

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Libby Anderson
18 October 2011

Figures published this month by the Scottish Government show that more seals were killed under licence in the second quarter of 2011 than in the...

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Revised Common Agriculture Policy proposals fail to consider animal welfare

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Libby Anderson
12 October 2011

Proposals published today (Wednesday 12 October) by the European Commission have missed the opportunity to address the animal welfare problems caused...

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Otter death highlights need to end snaring

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Libby Anderson
30 September 2011

New SnareWatch initiative will show the truth Tragic news from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue in Ayrshire this week.  Wildlife specialist staff were...

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OneKind interview with author Lucinda Hare, author of the Flight to Dragon Isle

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Fin Robertson
29 August 2011

OneKind recently caught up with leading children's author Lucinda Hare, a long time supporter of OneKind. Her latest book Flight to Dragon Isle is the...

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OneKind calls once more for review of guga hunt licence

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Libby Anderson
25 August 2011

Each August two thousand gannet chicks, known as gugas, are killed on Sula Sgeir by hunters from Ness, on the Isle of Lewis. The birds are taken from...

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OneKind circus petition focuses on moral question

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Libby Anderson
17 August 2011

Thank you to everyone who signed the OneKind petition seeking a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses in Scotland. Our petition has now been...

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Book Review - Flight to Dragon Isle

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Fiona Ogg
12 August 2011

Following the tremendous success of Lucinda Hare’s debut novel, The Dragon Whisperer, shortlisted for the 2010 Royal Mail Scottish Book Awards,...

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Animal Speak

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Lucinda Hare
01 August 2011

Top children's author and OneKind supporter Lucinda Hare has contributed a very special guest blog to coincide with the launch of Flight to Dragon...

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Animals returned to convicted owner

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Libby Anderson
25 July 2011

OneKind is disappointed by a Sheriff’s decision last week (22 July 2011) to return two ponies and a donkey to an owner convicted of...

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Edinburgh Zoo planning to host public animal autopsy

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Fin Robertson
13 July 2011

Edinburgh Zoo’s plans to host a second public animal autopsy, with members of the public being charged around £20 per head to attend, are...

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A OneKind message in song to Scottish Parliament

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Libby Anderson
30 June 2011

We don’t know who chose it, but OneKind is delighted that the opening of the new session of the Scottish Parliament (Friday 1 July) will include...

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MPs defy the government on circus ban

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Fin Robertson
24 June 2011

Tory MP Mark Pritchard may not have many friends left at Number 10, but he has drawn praise from public and politicians alike after standing firm on...

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