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January 2009
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The Handbook of British Mammals - 4TH EDITION Edited by Stephen Harris & Derek W. Yalden
Posted on : Wednesday 28 January 2009, 9:44am |
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The Handbook of British Mammals is a well established, classic reference source for all aspects of information on the mammals occurring in Britain and Ireland. The third edition, dating to 1991, has long been out of press. Over 100 of the leading mammalogists, mostly members o... read more
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New WILDCAT website
Posted on : Wednesday 28 January 2009, 8:36am |
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The Scottish Wildcat Association (SWA), a new charitable organisation dedicated to protecting and conserving Britain's only remaining wild species of feline; the Scottish wildcat. The wildcat is critically endangered with only 400 individuals remaining in the wild a... read more
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Bats in the belfry drive churches to despair
Posted on : Monday 19 January 2009, 10:43am |
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Churches are being driven to despair by bats which are taking over their buildings. Some congregations are considering abandoning their church and worshipping elsewhere because they can no longer stand the smell and mess left behind by the mammals. More ... read more
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Sussex - 'Deer cull the answer to reduce Ashdown Forest crashes'
Posted on : Monday 19 January 2009, 10:39am |
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A MASS cull of deer may be required to cut car accidents around the Ashdown Forest. Rangers attended 266 incidents in 2008, compared to just 100 in the year 2000. Dr Hew Prendergast, from the Conservators of Ashdown Forest, feels something has to be done to reduce t... read more
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Highland boost to red squirrels
Posted on : Monday 19 January 2009, 10:34am |
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A Highland estate has undertaken an experimental project designed to re-establish red squirrels in the north Wester Ross area. Red squirrels have been absent from the north and west Highlands for about 30 years. Thirty-two have now been relocated to woodland on the... read more
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The Mammal Society 2009 Easter Conference and AGM
Posted on : Monday 19 January 2009, 10:23am |
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The 2009 Easter Conference and AGM of The Mammal Society will be held at The University of Winchester 17th - 19th April 2009 The aim of the conference is to act as a forum where amateur and professional mammalogists can meet in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, hea... read more
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Escaped beaver fells river trees
Posted on : Monday 05 January 2009, 6:36am |
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A beaver that has been felling trees after escaping from a farm is being hunted by conservationists. The beaver is one of three that broke out of the farm in Lifton, Devon, in October, owner Derek Gow said. The other two have since been re-captured. The last six-st... read more
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West water voles to star in wildlife film
Posted on : Monday 05 January 2009, 6:30am |
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They are cute, cuddly and bucking the trend by thriving in a Somerset beauty spot. And now a family of water voles are soon to become celebrities as they take centre stage in a film by one of Britain's best- known wildlife documentarians. World-renowned wildlife pho... read more
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After beavers and wolves, why not bring back the black rat?
Posted on : Monday 05 January 2009, 6:27am |
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After two centuries during which it has been hunted, despised and supplanted by rivals, almost to the point of extinction within the UK, there are hopes that the black rat, Rattus rattus, may soon be allowed to regain its historic place in British sewers. To read th... read more
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Bring bison and beavers back to Cumbria - National Trust
Posted on : Monday 05 January 2009, 6:21am |
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Beaver and Bison roaming wild could soon be a common sight not just for residents of North America but for those in the Ennerdale valley. A bisonThe native woodlands of the West Cumbrian valley could soon be changing thanks to growing support for “rewilding”. The “r... read more
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Fears over beaver release plans...
Posted on : Sunday 04 January 2009, 11:49pm |
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Concerns have been raised over plans to release beavers into the wild, close to a reservoir on the boundary of Devon and Cornwall. South West Water is considering a trial to see if they can help improve water quality around Roadford reservoir. Beavers w... read more
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