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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robyn Vinter

Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years

A dark speckled young bird sits on a rocky cliff ledge with two white adult gannets behind it
During the guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over 10 days on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A controversial Scottish seabird hunt has had its licence refused for the first time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a “victory for common sense”.

In the annual guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over a 10-day period on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris.

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