Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to initiate a programme to translocate protected beavers to suitable habitat outside existing beaver range, to minimise the need to kill animals adversely impacting arable farmland.
Petitioner: Steve Micklewright on behalf of Trees for Life
Status: Closed
Date published: 16 July 2020
1 October 2020: The Public Petitions Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee under Rule 15.6.2 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 1 October 2020
23 February 2021: The Environment, Climate change and Land Reform Committee agreed to keep the petition open and include it in its legacy report to its successor committee.
Official Report of Meeting 23 February 2021
28 June 2022: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government has changed its position on translocation and that NatureScot has stated it now expects to see a much greater proportion of licensed translocations and a much smaller proportion of beavers being removed by lethal control.
Official Report of Meeting 28 June 2022
Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity submission of 18 January 2022