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Last Scottish island bird hunt banned after almost 500 years

Gannets nesting in northern England

LONDON - A centuries-old annual bird chick hunt on a remote Scottish island, known as the Guga Hunt, has been banned this year, the authorities said Monday, citing conservation concerns.

A hunting group, the "Men of Ness", had requested a licence to hunt up to "2,000 juvenile gannets", Scotland's natural heritage agency NatureScot said.

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