Ragwort danger

The First Minister is keen to support the rural economy and has a beast to tackle there.

I have just visited Scotland and was shocked to see so much ragwort. It may look sunny just now but is a killer. If livestock eat it they die a slow death from liver failure, it can get into grass cut for hay and has a sweet but lethal taste.

So please Nicola, get the highway verges clear before seeds fly into pasture and you will save animals from agony and farmers from loss.

KAY DRIVER Former CEO, Scottish SPCA