Hebridean islanders have been banned from staging the controversial guga hunt, which would have resulted in the killing of hundreds of young seabirds. The guga hunt is the UK’s last remaining seabird hunt. Protect the Wild has been at the forefront of a high-profile campaign against this year’s Guga hunt licence application. “The gannets of Sula Sgeir are not safe until the Scottish Parliament removes the law that allows the Guga hunt to continue. A Scottish Parliament petition to abolish the Guga hunt attracted more than 106,000 signatures.