Ocean Sentry
(From pressandjournal.co.uk)- Wildlife welfare campaigners visited Moray yesterday to highlight the plight of thousands of seals killed every year in Scottish waters. Every year, seals are shot by workers in the fish farming and fishing industries to stop them eating their catches. The existing Conservation of Seals Act 1970 allows seals to be shot even when they are pregnant or with dependent pups. There is no legal requirement for fishermen to declare any killings, making it difficult to record the exact numbers of seals which die in Scotland, but experts have estimated it to be several thousands each year.
The group will take its campaign to Aberdeen today, before going to Dundee, Perth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fort William and Oban, and finishing at St Andrews on Friday.
(By Eilidh Morrison)
