Scottish islanders refused permission to stage annual guga hunt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jnm4ldxyko

Islanders love a guga. This is a blow culturally, make no mistake. The DuoLingo gaidhlig course mentions guga every other lesson it feels like! But it is a win environmentally: bird flu has been decimating populations for years, they need at least time to recover and heard immunity to be built back up

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linzid83@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 6d

Glad to hear this!!

Fluffgar@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 4d

Aye. Not great for now but letting numbers recover is the best way to ensure the tradition can continue in future. Allows the islanders to decide how to proceed themselves.