Stoats eat small birds and mammals, including the native Orkney vole A project to eradicate stoats from Orkney has been given the go-ahead after it was awarded £6m. The animals are said to pose a ...

Orkney has a stoat problem, and Macca the Fox Terrier has been flown in from New Zealand to help get rid of them. It is the first time in the UK a dog has been used for the task. Stoats are native ...