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An Act or just acting?
Hunting for stowaways, ORCA stealthily approaches, searching silently for migrants. Children and adults wait in anticipation as the cold uninvited saline air enshrouds the skin. On the horizon, the recognisable back of a porpoise breaches the water. ORCA wildlife officers are the onboard experts. A marine conservation charity dedicated to forging links between people... »
Decade of campaigning pays off
In two days time, the House of Lords will grant the Marine and Coastal Access Bill its final approval, shortly afterwards it will receive the Royal Assent, after nearly ten years of campaigning by MCS (Marine Conservation Soceity) ,RSPB (Royal Soceity for the Protection of Birds), WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and TWT (The Wildlife... »
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... »
Squatters Rights
After attending a bats and moths education event at the Houses of Parliment run by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Butterfly Conservation and the Bat Conservation Trust, MP Andrew Robathan was enlightened by the plight of Bats and how endangered they have become in the UK. He said “I am particularly fond of bats... »
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... »
Who’s been eating my breakfast?
It lay, barely visible under the autumnal leaf litter surrounded by heady oak trees, hazel and blackberry. The smell of the damp earth rising to meet the days dew. This is the territory of several different mammals and these are the remains of someone’s breakfast. All but one of the discarded hazelnut shells lay... »
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