The Eggspress

August 22, 2025

Highlands to Welcome Six New Beaver Families in Conservation Push

If you wander along a slow-moving stream as dusk softens the sky, you might catch a flicker—a ripple where the surface should be smooth, or the faint, rhythmic thump of a tail breaking the glassy water. Lean in closer, and the landscape reveals its ...

August 21, 2025

Reeves faces legal threat over moves to dilute wildlife protections

Environmental groups are warning of legal action if the Treasury moves ahead with plans to scale back species protections that can affect development. The Chancellor is exploring reforms to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that would make it eas...

August 18, 2025

MPs Demand National Inquiry as Shocking Abuse at Another Cranswick Pig Farm Exposed

One of the UK’s largest pig producers has come under intense scrutiny again following the release of undercover footage filmed by campaign group Animal Justice Project. The investigation, which spanned several months, documents repeated breaches of ...

August 15, 2025

RSPCA Brands XL Bully Ban a ‘Failure’ as Fatal Attacks Continue Amid Record Seizures

The RSPCA has warned that the UK’s ban on XL Bully dogs has failed to protect the public. In 2024, ten people were killed by dogs in the UK with the majority involving XL Bullies. The charity says the legislation has caused confusion, created welfar...

August 11, 2025

Another Tragedy on Scottish Shores: 23 Whales Lost in Orkney Stranding

A pod of 23 long-finned pilot whales was found dead on the shores of Sanday, Orkney on Sunday 10th August. The animals are thought to have been stranded for several days before they were discovered in the remote location. Emma Neave-Webb, of the Sco...

August 08, 2025

Echoes in the Forest: A Soft Step Forward in Restoring Britain’s Missing Lynx

Something is missing in Britain’s woodlands. You can feel it on the forest floor, where the undergrowth grows thick and tangled. In the quiet between the trees, where nothing watches from the shadows. The lynx — native, elusive and long absent — was...

August 02, 2025

Scotland’s Wind Rush Raises Red Flags for Wildlife

They nest on ledges and sea cliffs, their cries sharp against the wind, returning each spring to places their ancestors have known for generations. Along Scotland’s east coast, colonies of northern gannets, puffins, razorbills, and kittiwakes gather...

July 30, 2025

A Buzz in the Hedgerow: A Glimmer of Hope for the Insect World

There’s been a quiet shift this summer. Not a dramatic one—no great headlines, no trumpet calls—but out in the hedgerows and the verges, the air feels different. Louder. More alive. For the first time in a while, many of us are noticing insects agai...

July 21, 2025

Scotland’s Wildlife Crisis: Trapped in the Gap Between Care and Compliance

In recent weeks, Scotland’s wildlife rescue system has been plunged into crisis after a sudden change in the Scottish SPCA’s euthanasia procedures. Members of the public, often with no experience in handling wildlife, are now being asked to contain ...

July 14, 2025

Motherless by Design: The Hidden Cost of Home Hatching

They arrive into the world unable able to see, their bodies fragile and new. Instinct pulls them toward warmth, toward a steady presence they’ve never met but already somehow know. A low hum, a heartbeat, the safety of quiet, close embrace.&nbs...

July 04, 2025

Scottish SPCA Withdraws from Small Wildlife Rescues in Sudden Operational Shift

In a quiet but seismic shift to its frontline operations, the Scottish SPCA has announced it will no longer attend incidents involving injured small birds and mammals. The move has sparked alarm among staff and animal welfare professionals, who were...

June 24, 2025

The Price of Care - Inside the Corporate Takeover of British Veterinary Practice

In the UK, the cost of veterinary care is rising steeply, and the consequences are far more than financial. Beneath the surface of record-high bills and insurance premiums lies a silent animal welfare crisis: delayed treatment, missed diagnoses, and...

June 20, 2025

Freedom Costs Less Than a Coffee. So Why Are Pigs Still in Cages?

Every year in the UK, around 200,000 sows give birth while confined in farrowing crates — barred metal enclosures so narrow they cannot turn around, stretch, or properly nuzzle their piglets. They remain locked in these conditions for up to five wee...

June 17, 2025

A Haunting Absence: The Disappearance of Scotland’s Harbour Seals

Along the rugged sea lochs and windswept islands of Scotland’s west coast, the sight of harbour seals hauled out on rocks or bobbing in the shallows has long been part of the seascape. But these once-familiar figures are becoming harder to find. Acc...

June 16, 2025

Welfare on a Knife Edge: Why the UK Must End Non‑Stun Ritual Slaughter

Last month, the House of Commons hosted a tense Westminster Hall debate triggered by a petition signed by over 109,000 people demanding a ban on non‑stun ritual slaughter. The debate brought into sharp focus the conflict at the heart of British publ...