OneKind has been at the forefront of advancing animal welfare since 1911, when our founders sought to end vivisection. The organisation was founded by sisters Netta and Elizabeth Ivory under the name of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection.
We look back at over 100 years of campaigning for animals and bring you some of our most interesting highlights, achievements and milestone moments.
In May 2024 the Bill to ban live exports from and through Britain passed its final stage in the UK Parliament, meaning the export of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain became illegal. Read more
After decades of campaigning by OneKind and others, in March 2024 the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 introduced a full ban on the use of snares in Scotland. Read more
In August 2023 the Scottish Government announced its intention to ban the use of snares in Scotland, following decades of campaigning from OneKind. Read more
Under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, there is now a two-dog limit for flushing wild mammals to guns, effectively putting an end to fox hunting packs. Read more
In July 2021 mandatory CCTV came into force for all Scottish slaughterhouses. While slaughter could never be cruelty-free, it was believed the plans could make a huge difference in protecting animals from illegal violence which animal advocates investigations had revealed. Read more
In June 2021 the UK Government introduced the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill to parliament, which introduced a ban on the live export of farmed animals for fattening or slaughter, from or through Great Britain. Read more
The Scottish Government announced it would commission a research project into the value of restorative justice and empathy-based interventions for offenders against animals – something OneKind had been advocating for since 2014. Read more
OneKind campaigned for an end to seal shooting for many years. In 2009, a report was released to highlight the animal welfare concerns of seal shooting along with a campaign video. Read more
The Scottish Parliament voted to recognise mountain hares as a protected species. This would put an end to Scotland’s mass scale killing of the hares. Read more
After years of campaigning by OneKind, Scotland became the first country in the UK to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. Read more
The WAWC is an independent group providing an evidence base for evaluating, monitoring, assessing and improving decisions affecting the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK. Read more
Working with partners, OneKind was instrumental in achieving the strictest regulatory regime in the UK for the use of snares, by influencing the Scottish Parliament during its consideration of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011. Read more