Press release from Scottish SPCA (7th March 2023): Penicuik man receives ban from keeping animals for five years after trapping and killing magpies Alexander Hamilton was sentenced to a five-year ban from owning and keeping animals and 100 hours of community service at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday, 5 March. 64-year-old Hamilton of Windsor Drive, … Continue reading Scottish gamekeeper convicted for causing unnecessary suffering to trapped magpies