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Ashamed to be Human
The gut wrenching feeling of guilt, shame and horror washes over my very being, penetrating my soul and every living cell in my body, as I stare at the recognisable contents that lay before me. My eyes are fixed in total disbelief. Caps from bottles, a disposable lighter and plastic bag remnants amongst many... »
Wildlife crimes are not acceptable
The NWCU (National Wildlife Crime Unit) since operation 3 years ago, have reduced their Wildlife Crime staff from 14 to 9 due to lack of funding and have made only 51 convictions in 2008-2009 which is only 3.3% of the cases they dealt with, reported the Sunday national newspapers. Wildlife crime is on the... »
How many turtle doves will be sung this Christmas?
In 1970 there may have been two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a pear tree in the popular Christmas song but after Defra (Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs) released the statistics on the wild bird population for 2008, the famous song should perhaps be sung as 0.6 turtle doves. “Bird populations... »
Common may be the new ‘Rare’
Conservation action for rare breeding UK birds are proving to be a great success according to The State of UKs’ Birds report, published by the RSPB (Royal Soceity for the Protection of Birds) as it celebrates its tenth birthday providing an overview of native breeding birds. It reveals that conservation efforts for rare birds... »
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