Beavers are the engineers of the animal kingdom, helping to prevent floods across England and beyond. This common species loves to build dams all day long. And this in turns helps to prevent rivers bursting their banks, so the more beavers we look after, the better for everyone! Excellent swimmers and builders, this book follows the…
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Why Pheasant Shooting Causes Floods
Lucy Grossmith Millions of beautiful pheasants are bred each year, simply to be shot on private estates. As well as being unkind, the industry means that many pheasants (who have no road sense) are killed or injured each year by cars, and decimate sand lizard populations (due to being over-bred). In Asia, pheasants roost in…
How to Prevent Forest Wildfires
With climate change, forest fires are now becoming common in England. And not just due to increasing weather, but due to irresponsible behaviour of people dropping cigarette litter and also due to barbecues. Fire lanterns are another hazard (one German zoo fire killed several animals, when one dropped into an enclosure). Artist Ashley Wolff created…
The Wonderful Wildlife of London City
London greylag goose (Lee Acaster) London is not just a concrete jungle, it’s home to millions of wonderful wildlife. Read how to help your local wildlife rescue, for details of smaller rescues. London Wildlife Protection is the main city rescue centre, for all kinds of birds (urban to waterfowl). London in the Wild shows that the…
How to Be an Animal-Friendly Tourist
Mutts Most of the animal abuse that goes on abroad, is due to profits garnered from western tourists (mostly American, but some in Europe too). To shock you – did you know that British hunters have killed at least 60 more lions since the sad death of Cecil the lion? That’s the power of greed…