{"id":845243,"date":"2026-09-12T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845243\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:56:15","slug":"naturescot-denies-ignoring-scientific-evidence-in-banning-guga-hunt-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845243\/","title":{"rendered":"NatureScot denies ignoring scientific evidence in banning guga hunt &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5zYmx6NUhRSFVQdWJaS0l5ek5hMGRLTHZJQkQwMmcweVYwQ1dGSGJFcGNhOFhXaFB5M3E4R2oyS3R4cmw1V1lKMl9qTnZKWG5mVGFHMEdYdG1fUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NatureScot denies ignoring scientific evidence in banning guga hunt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQSm1EcnVMak5oRXI3VFc3Vk5jN2tvUlN2SVRIeFMxbkNqM1JsalAwX0dhTFVPamhmZjBmUFJRdFlZczJSWVRzT0NHb3RrcTlLdE5uMm5GSU5EQ3hQeHdxYTdESm1jR1BWVFR5S2czYS1TWmRiTWJiRVhJcUY4WmRrcmx1Xy1yUjF5X2NJV1ViOUV5bk1uVU5Ldk9rNGs0V1o1TWU2S0lrOWNpQUZWVnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guga FoIs \u2013 NatureScot rejected their own internal advisers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stornoway Gazette<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOY1lkVDNMWlQ0X3dfYnhndzZSbWVGRi1HcFEtWk1hUS01UHBLdVFsMkVaVGY5a0k5RXRweTY5Wm0zbTF4eE1aZHNtY3h2eTlCY3F3d3pSUC1PSkpleGZOR0xfNXBkQ1NENFZpakpJODY1aHQzdGt3emNIQkl0Y1BFczNNMW5yLUVvdElsenBTSG40Wm5fTXpyOW5lTTVxODFlRzd5Z3U5LVhMajBkNkJJQndnTWRXMUh4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guga Hunt: Islanders &#8216;vilified&#8217; and &#8216;portrayed as backwards&#8217; by campaigners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Scotsman<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQd1RmanIyRl9qZGdkRDBKX0c1QVNYNThQVXc2VXhhTXIwNXJpcDhSZTdlNmt5ZGVqMFBmYjJMa0k5bE1jYmN2WFBKa2VhdXhXaktxbnNGaFBoeFFDR2F5SmdrVUpQRWthUjV5SVNkdGhFUWlQNGdxbWM2MUVSdm1FZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSPs keep record-breaking petition to ban guga hunt open for further enquiry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News UK<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOeTBvai1sUWVhUEtkN2pFRm5iejJtWTkyX1h4TUJSWElKcm12TUlCOGozMGM0NmdLUUp4UldwdDFCRTlQYUlvMnJVNjlCU0hXRmc5aVA0YjZxZ2JJNUNLczJzazFuZ1g4emQxSGVEYnY0Zlg3OTJSeGxvNjltcDFEYlowbTRmdkMwaFBNNEd5a19MUEF6YlNORzZyZU5rYXN0aU1rOXhONEE2WjVK0gG0AUFVX3lxTE1xaV95ZzZQNWNKT005cHZOckwtMXl3VG9WS0VVdHVaODBUc3dBVlpraUZjdVhOcDhoVXRFNy1RS2R2UThRRGhybnNTaGQ0dVVrR1ZobmdFcEk4MkxISm1EcVM4a3JVT09JTXdfSzdmMDhZVzBaU1hva0wzbEhYQ2tYdmUyZHk5cFhyR3BxdE1XbXlBNWZDQ3FBNVBqUjNoejdfMkVMNVU4cUpEU25RQWk2SlhQMQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guga Hunt petition kept open despite Western Isles MSP opposition<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;deadlinenews.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NatureScot denies ignoring scientific evidence in banning guga hunt&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGuga FoIs \u2013 NatureScot rejected their own internal advisers&nbsp;&nbsp;Stornoway GazetteGuga&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-845243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}