Petition calls to protect goats - DNG Online Limited

Petition calls to protect goats - DNG Online Limited

A PETITION to grant protected status to wild goats roaming the Langholm moor has been signed by more than 1200 people. Kenneth Moffatt is calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to help ensure the survival of primitive goat species. It comes after Oxygen Conservation, who own just under 12,000 acres of land on the moor near the Muckle Toon, have already culled some of the male goats roaming the site. The slaughter foll…

Scientists from an expert group of the Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GFÖ) have launched a petition to protect biodiversity from the risks of new genetic engineering (NGT). The GFÖ is the largest European association of scientists from the field of ecology. The petition is based on a GFÖ opinion, which was published a few months ago. The scientists demand that there should be no deregulation of the NGT, especially for wild plants. Wild plants includ…