Salmon fillets in supermarket trays with headline about 'sickening' videos of damaged salmon at Highland Farm.
Campaigners complained to a government animal welfare watchdog, with videos of badly injured salmon at a fish farm. This prompted a review, but should more have been done?
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Bakkafrost said that it had conducted a “full review” at the farm with the agency, which was “satisfied” with the action taken on “impacted” fish. The agency refused to comment on its investigation.
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Animal Equality sent the videos, along with a formal complaint, to the government regulator, the Animal and Plant Health Agency, which launched an investigation.
Secret filming was conducted for the campaign group, Animal Equality UK. They were filmed at the West Strome salmon farm run by the Faroese firm, Bakkafrost, near Lochcarron in Wester Ross, between July and December 2025, it said.
Salmon fillets in supermarket trays with headline about 'sickening' videos of damaged salmon at Highland Farm.
🔴NEW: Videos revealing salmon at a highland fish farm with severely damaged faces, heads and bodies prompted an investigation by the UK government's animal welfare watchdog, The Ferret can reveal.
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Some countries, including the Netherlands and Switzerland, have banned sewage sludge spreading on farmland because of contamination risks. In Scotland, it remains common practice
Tanker spraying sludge across a grassy field, with text saying more than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge were spread on Scotland’s fields.
Scottish Greens environment spokesperson, Mark Ruskell MSP, said the scale of sewage sludge spreading “raises obvious questions about what we are allowing into our food system and environment”
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Tanker spraying sludge across a grassy field, with text saying more than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge were spread on Scotland’s fields.
🔴 NEW: More than 640,000 tonnes of sewage sludge have been spread on Scottish farmland in the past five years. Studies show the widely-used fertiliser can contain microplastics, forever chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
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"Where we are just now is so frustrating because the opportunities, the potential, is just huge”
The Scottish Government says decisions on new oil fields like Rosebank are reserved to Westminster. But some analysts say ministers have been “noticeably dialling back criticism” of the project
“The SNP wanted to be seen as a pro-oil sector party. But that becomes a very difficult circle to square when it comes to the need to transition”
— @ewangibbs.bsky.social, University of Glasgow
Scotland has the lowest life expectancy of the UK nations, and trails many western European countries. Why is that? What can we do to change it? More coming soon
We’ll be working on a new project about how to prevent deaths in Scotland, looking at the Fatal Accident Inquiry system and the deaths not captured by it.
The Ferret is delighted to share that we’ve received a grant from Changing Ideas and that our co-editor Karin Goodwin will be joining this year’s Tenacious Awards cohort.
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The Scottish government has pivoted back towards a pro oil position to attack the Labour government and the energy profits levy tax. I spoke to @karingoodwin.bsky.social from @theferret.scot on the SNP's confusing commitments to 'just transition' and 'it's Scotland's oil'.
More than four years ago then-first minister Nicola Sturgeon said it would be “fundamentally wrong” to keep extracting fossil fuels indefinitely. Today, ministers’ language on new projects like Rosebank is noticeably more cautious. We looked at what changed
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The concern isn’t gaming itself, experts stress. It’s that large youth-dense platforms can become a social lifeline for some isolated young people, creating opportunities for grooming when moderation is inconsistent
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