A problem with rats has forced the operator of Japan”s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to shut down power to one of the facility”s fuel pools. It…
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Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, whose role includes responsibility for wildlife, has got himself into a spot of bother having proudly announced the killing of grey squirrels…
Adding to the wealth of current studies, the EU Commission has announced that it will launch a new study on Risk Mitigation Measures (RMM) for anticoagulant…
Bill Worthington, a 75-year-old retired civil servant, from Bedbury, Cheshire, has pleaded guilty to causing a grey squirrel unnecessary suffering. On 17 January, Stockport Magistrates’ Court…
It is thought rats are to blame for a huge fire that destroyed three coaches and three minibuses at a coach company operations centre. The blaze…
Urban foxes have once again hit the national headlines following the reported attack on a four-week old baby boy in Bromley, London. The story, broken by…
On 27 February 2013 Natural England (NE) confirmed that all criteria have been met to allow control of badgers to begin in west Gloucestershire and west…
The government announced yesterday that the badger cull trial is to be delayed until next summer. Protest groups immediately claimed victory. But is this a government…
Last nights ITV programme in the Tonight series on the Rise of the Super Rats was a well balanced and informative review of the rise of…
On 16 September 2014, Natural England published its response to the wide-ranging consultation seeking views on potential adjustments to General Licences for protected species. These licences…