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Bird cull barbarism must end: SSPCA

Aug 25 2010

The "barbaric" practice of beating gannet chicks to death during a cull on a Scottish island should end, the Scottish SPCA has said.

So-called guga hunting involves people from Ness on the Isle of Lewis sailing to the uninhabited island of Sula Sgeir to hunt and kill the birds for eating.

Every August, thousands of chicks are plucked from the cliff tops and hit on the head.

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