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Vols needed to help our water voles
Last year, People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) launched the first ever National Water Vole Monitoring Programme (NWVMP). After a successful initial year, PTES is hoping to build on this citizen science project with a call for more volunteers to participate this May. Water voles were once a common sight along UK riverbanks and waterways, but over the last century they have experienced the most severe decline of any wild mammal in the UK. The NWVMP provides an essential resource in our efforts to conserve the species.
Massive lion airlift scheduled for Friday
Animal Defenders International have rescued 33 lions, 24 from circuses in Peru and nine from Colombia, after both countries banned the use of wild animals in circuses. The lions will be returned to their homeland on Friday 29 April when they will be flying to a destination in the natural African bush at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, South Africa.
Dorset County Show searches for best flock
The hunt is on for the best sheep flocks in Dorset as part of a new competition being staged by the Dorset County Show. The competition is open to all farmers who have flocks in the county and is for breeding sheep, including commercial, pedigree and rare breed flocks. There are three classes: small flocks…
World Day for Laboratory Animals marked across globe: horrific monkey experiments exposed in UK and Europe
In the countdown to World Day for Laboratory Animals on 24 April, the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) has released shocking details of primate experiments and their failure. The animal suffering in the experiments is clear and NAVS, the world’s oldest anti-vivisection organisation, describes them as “unreliable, unethical, unnecessary.” Around 6,000 primates are used in European…
Dorset CPRE launches photography competition
To celebrate the beauty of the Dorset Countryside, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Dorset branch) is launching a photo competition.
Invisible ‘microbeasts’ on show at East Stoke Fen nature reserve
In partnership with Bournemouth University and the Freshwater Biological Association River Laboratory, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding an event on Wednesday 6 April at East Stoke Fen nature reserve near Wool, to showcase the tiny but vital organisms that live in the wetland.
Adders add up at Durslton Country Park
Sightings of adders have been coming in thick and fast at Durlston as they emerge from hibernation
Families invited for ‘wild play’ in the New Forest this Easter
Families can enjoy crabbing and seashore scavenging at a free day of activities in the New Forest this Easter holiday.
The free event organised by the New Forest National Park Authority and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust aims to help families enjoy nature at its best.
Explore the Fleet Lagoon this Easter
It will be all hands on deck this Easter as Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) get underway with their new venture, the Fleet Explorer.