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Scottish Parliament set to rule on wild goat petition

A petition was set up in February 2025 in response to a cull of a population of wild goats in the Scottish Borders

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Scottish Parliament set to rule on wild goat petition

The Scottish Parliament Citizens Participation and Public Petitions Committee has announced that it will sit for its second, and perhaps final, hearing of the petition to grant protected status to the...

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