A study of the current status of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), decline in Great Britain since 1960
‘Doncaster (1992) suggested that predation by badgers may account for this patchy distribution; he showed that high densities of badgers in one area in Oxfordshire appeared to enhance...
Circumstances will determine what method you use.
On what grounds would your towny neighbours object to terriers? presumably they are happy that you kill your rats. With all the fuss currently concerning the environment and animal rights, why would they favour killing rats slowly and painfully...
We live in The East Devon River axe catchment. While swallows and Martins are welcome signs of spring we also have the pleasure of Brook Lampreys that have been running for the last 3 weeks. Do any of you see these every year and if so on which river systems. Here are some photos from yesterday...
The whole purpose of hedgerows is the management of livestock and to keep them separate from crops, without livestock most hedgerows would become totally pointless. A Vegan would be a monumentally stupid hypocrit to complain about loss of hedgerows.
https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/badgers
‘The diet of a badger is extremely varied, with badgers being described by expert Professor Tim Roper as "opportunistic omnivores". Earthworms are the core of the badger's diet, often by as much as 60 per cent. In a single night, an adult badger may eat...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09w0vhz 07:50, ‘Ive got some pasture fed organic beef’ Monbiot :– ‘Big mistake, almost the most destructive industry of all’
Surely the greenhouse gasses generated by pasture fed organic beef are, by definition, part of the carbon cycle. If there is no use...
Over the last few weeks there has been much in the news about the mmr vaccine which requires a minimum 90% uptake to achieve ‘herd immunity’. Failure to achieve this has resulted in measles outbreaks and has been attributed by the BBC amongst others to “Fake news” deterring parents from...
There is a product called rumensin that moderates gut flora in cattle, it is marketed as a growth promoter, but acts by reducing energy loss in the form of methane. I remember it being used in the 80s, but am not sure if it is still legal in the UK.
I have seen four items on hedgehog decline on the TV over recent years. On the BBC a series called ‘The Great British Wildlife Revival’, Ben Fogle (Badger Trust) told us that hedgehogs could be extinct in Britain by 2021. Predictably this was all down to habitat loss; no mention was made of...
A study of the current status of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), decline in Great Britain since 1960
‘Doncaster (1992) suggested that predation by badgers may account for this patchy distribution; he showed that high densities of badgers in one area in Oxfordshire appeared to enhance...
A couple of years ago we visited Handa island off the Scottish west coast, to see the seabird colonies managed by the Wildlife Trusts. On arrival we were treated to an introductory talk and told that rats were live trapped and relocated to the mainland. Naturally we queried this, and were then...
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/tb/documents/badger-control-consequences.pdf
'During the RBCT, hedgehog population density increased by more than 100% in the proactive cull areas, in comparison to the no‐cull control areas where they experienced a slight decline...
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