Lone male stoat captured on Orkney island after seven-month hunt

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A lone stoat has been caught after a seven-month hunt by trappers in Orkney.

The creature, which is not native to the islands and consider invasive, was first spotted in Rousay in May.

It was captured on Friday and removed from the island by the Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP), which has also caught thousands of stoats on the Orkney mainland as part of a £15m eradication scheme set up in 2019.

The creature, which is not native to the islands and consider invasive, was first spotted in Rousay in May.

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