Our wild hares are just beautiful. They are very different to rabbits, with much longer ears with black tips, and longer legs. Whereas rabbits live in burrows, hares live in shallow depressions, always on the lookout for (foxes), when feeding at dawn and dusk. They run (in a zig-zag pattern) twice as fast as the…
Creatures
Ask Royal Mail to Stop Using Rubber Bands
Image Ask Royal Mail to stop using rubber bands, at the Change petition. Add your voice. Rubber bands are dropped in their millions each year by posties (not their fault, it’s the policy to use them). But rubber bands are choking hazards. Hedgehogs get trapped in them, and ducks eat them, thinking they are worms…
Envelope Reuse Labels (to help hedgehogs)
Hedgehog Recycled Notepad Use British Hedgehog Society Envelope Reuse Labels, to easily reuse envelopes. Just slap a gummed label on any envelope, and send it on to somewhere else. As well as saving paper, the envelope labels are sold by the charity, which offers instant telephone and online help, to preserve our prickly endangered friends. The…
The Teachings of St Francis of Assisi
St Francis of Assisi is a guide to the life, teachings and practices of the patron saint of animal welfare, ecology and simple living. A previous party boy born to a wealthy family, his deep love of nature and teachings of simple universal truths, is an ideal read for people who want to know God,…
How to Help Someone Deal with Grief
How to help someone deal with grief can be difficult. Should you leave people alone, or comfort them? Should you talk things through or leave them be? In truth, it depends on the person. Just ask. Bereavement is the worst time of life, yet people will tell you to ‘move on’. That’s silly, as bereavement…