Archive for the Tag 'Shetland seal pup slaughter'

Shetland seal pup slaughter update:Two men appear in court

The two fishermen charged with the deaths of 21 grey seal pups on the small island of East Linga in the Shetland Islands have now appeared in court. John George Eunson, aged 44, of Seefeld, Symbister, Whalsay, and 47 year old Jimmy Stewart, of Ellies Knowe, Saltness, Symbister, Whalsay, have been charged with mutilating, beating […]

Man charged over seal pup slaughter

A man has been charged in connection with the clubbing to death of 18 grey seal pups found on a beach in the Shetland Islands. Police were alerted by workers from Scottish Natural Heritage while conducting a seal survey on 29th November. When officers attended the beach, in the East Linga area of the island, […]

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