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 ...

Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn. Rating: True (About this rating?) Some countries venerate the bull, the tiger or the brown bear as their national animal. Scotland, however, is among a few ...

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney gestures during a speech to representatives from organisations across the public and private sector at Playfair Library in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday, Jan. 6, ...

From mythical beasts like unicorns and the Loch Ness Monster to rare puffins and ubiquitous Highland cows, there's an animal for everyone in this magical U.K. paradise If you’ve grown up thinking the ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats. First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded ...

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 ...

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.

An international team of paleontologists made the discovery after unearthing the remains of a specimen near Elgol on the Isle ...

The Scottish government has refuted reports it could ban cats. (Alamy) The government in Scotland has denied it plans to ban cats after an independent report caused uproar among animal charities. The ...