STAND BY FOR THE PUBLIC INQUIRY REPORT AND FOLLOW UP WITH FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND

We were informed at the end of July that the crucial Public Inquiry report regarding the Clashindarroch windfarm, was at an advanced stage. Now that the summer break is over we are expecting it imminently. We have shown you the closing submissions we submitted and we sincerely hope that our concerns are strongly reflected in the Inquiry report and that a recommendation for refusal of the windfarm will be made. As we have said many times before, we are pro renewables but it has to be the right development at the right site. This simply is not. It is important to note that the Public Inquiry report will be passed to the relevant Scottish Government Ministers who will make the final decision. At this stage we do not know how this will all play out, but rest assured, we stand ready to act if the windfarm threat isn’t removed. Remember, even Vattenfall themselves produced evidence at the Inquiry that wildcat kittens can be killed and adults displaced during the construction phase. It is simply unthinkable that this windfarm will be given the go ahead. However, we need to be ready for all scenarios and we will need the support of each and every one of you going forward so please keep watching.

Meanwhile, we wanted to say a huge thanks to all of you who contacted the Forestry and Land Scotland about our concerns of logging during the breeding season. We know that many of you contacted the Chief Executive, Simon Hodgson. We have also seen the standard response he sent out to you all. It was far from satisfactory from our point of view so we have emailed Simon to follow up. You can see our email below. It was sent this morning and we hope for a prompt response. You will also see further below a supporting email we refer to. It clearly shows that Forestry and Land Scotland, have very little understanding of the distribution of wildcats in the Clashindarroch. This of course makes their claims of mitigation and risk management far from credible.

Please keep watching and thanks again for all of your support. There is hugely important few months ahead.

A full update on Finlay will be put out next week.

Thanks again

The Wildcat Haven team and Finlay

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