News that wild animal circuses are to be banned in England within two years has been welcomed by legendary actors Brian Blessed and Joanna Lumley, long-standing supporters of Animal Defenders International (ADI) and its campaign to stop circus suffering.
Conservationists and volunteers at Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) were delighted to find the first evidence of harvest mice at the Upton Heath Nature Reserve in Corfe Mullen, the first official recording for the 191-hectare reserve.
Volunteers are needed to spot and record sightings of Britain’s mammals for the Living with Mammals survey
Dolphin Shopping Centre has supported Parkstone Grammar School students for the Young Enterprise Tenner Challenge.
The Dorset Agricultural Society is inviting members of the public to attend its annual Spring Show on Sunday 25 March, hoping many will also enter the wide-ranging competitions on offer.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched an appeal to raise £20,000 for Lorton Meadows in Weymouth to help ensure survival of two barn owls and their offspring
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has congratulated the UK Government on committing to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England by January 2020.
The destruction of bat roosts in Ferndown has resulted in the sentencing of two men, and an application under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – only the second time this has been done for a bat crime in the UK.
For the first time in 10 years, a bloom of upside-down jellyfish has been discovered at Weymouth SEA LIFE after curators found them at the bottom of the park’s garden eel tank.
Campaigning MEP Julie Girling has been successful today in moves in the European Parliament to ban so-called pulse fishing.
