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• Eager beavers: rodents engineer Czech wetland project after years of human delay

  11-02-2025 20:54
  
  Beavers accomplish long-stalled conservation plan on former army site, sparing crayfish and taxpayers alikeBeavers have saved Czech taxpayers $1.2m (£1m) by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned.Officials had hoped to build a barrier to shield the Klabava River and its population of critically endangered crayfish from sediment and acidic water spilling over from two nearby ponds. As a bonus it would turn a part of this protected area south of t
  
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• Beavers save Czech taxpayers £1m by flooding ex-army training site

  11-02-2025 20:54
  
  Herbivorous rodents built a dam in area officials were planning to make a barrier to shield Klabava RiverBeavers have saved Czech taxpayers $1.2m (£1m) by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned.Officials had hoped to build a barrier to shield the Klabava River and its population of critically endangered crayfish from sediment and acidic water spilling over from two nearby ponds. As a bonus it would turn a part of this protected area south of the
  
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• Beavers save Czech taxpayers £800m by flooding ex-army training site

  11-02-2025 20:24
  
  Herbivorous rodents built a dam in area officials were planning to make a barrier to shield Klabava RiverBeavers have saved Czech taxpayers $1m (£800m) by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned.Officials had hoped to build a barrier to shield the Klabava River and its population of critically endangered crayfish from sediment and acidic water spilling over from two nearby ponds. As a bonus it would turn a part of this protected area south of the
  
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• Rangers corral feral pigs thought to have been released in Cairngorms

  11-02-2025 18:39
  
  Animals suspected of being illegally left in ‘extremely harsh’ environment near where lynx were found last monthA herd of feral pigs believed to have been illegally released in the Cairngorms have been successfully corralled by estate workers who are now attempting to trap them.The animals were first spotted near the Uath Lochans area, close to the village of Inch and only 5 miles from where four lynx were illegally released last month. Continue reading...
  
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• Scrim the runaway dog captured – again – after latest escape in New Orleans

  11-02-2025 18:20
  
  Terrier bolted in November and survived a three-month odyssey after spending nine months of last year on the lam A wiry terrier named Scrim who became known as New Orleans’s most ungovernable dog after spending nine months of the last year on the lam following two daring escapes has been brought to heel again.News of the end of Scrim’s latest jaunt, a three-month odyssey in which he survived January’s freezing temperatures and a record snowfall, was posted to Facebook on Tuesda
  
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• Rangers search for feral pigs thought to have been released in Cairngorms

  11-02-2025 13:03
  
  Animals suspected of being illegally left in ‘extremely harsh’ environment near where lynx were found last monthRangers in the Cairngorms are searching for a herd of feral pigs believed to have been illegally released in the national park.The animals were spotted near the Uath Lochans area, close to the village of Inch and only 5 miles from where four lynx were illegally released last month. Continue reading...
  
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• Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan

  11-02-2025 08:00
  
  A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationistsInside the Pakistan Museum of Natural History, in Islamabad, two taxidermists work on a leopard skin. They scrape away at the remaining flesh and sprinkle the underside with boric acid powder. It’s difficult to look away from the two holes where the leopard’s eyes should be.“We ask conservation groups, if they find any dead specimen, to relay it to us so that we can preserve it and mak
  
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• Country diary: In our nature-poor country, road verges are reservoirs for recovery | Ed Douglas

  11-02-2025 06:30
  
  Totley Moss, Derbyshire: In among the poo bags and the fast-food wrappers, you’ll find flourishing orchids, lady’s bedstraw and cranesbillFor the first time this year, the sun had warmth in it. As I cycled through Longshaw, two-tone great tits sang more loudly and roundly. The earth hummed a little, seeming to stir itself. Up ahead on the trail, I noticed something sprouting from the cropped grass beside it, and something similar a few yards further on. What might those be, I wondere
  
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