I spent the afternoon yesterday at Wildlife Aid, the home of the tv programme Wildlife SOS, because Emma (my very own big cat) managed to catch herself a young dove. Luckily we have been assured that the little dove is fine, just a bit traumatised and with a few feathers less than he woke up with! After passing him over, I had the opportunity to see some of the rescued animals that some very dedicated volunteers nurse back to health before they are eventually released into the wild. Last year, when visiting Wildlife Aid’s open day I was also invited into a pen with 6 rescued orphaned wild badgers, with the chairman of The Badger Trust, and on the contrary to what many people think of badgers, I found them very friendly and delightfully curious. Check out the websites: Wild Life Aid and The Badger Trust
Speaking of badgers – yesterday held some great news for them concerning the proposed badger cull. As an alternative to badger culling in order to tackle bovine TB in cattle (which alongside the effectiveness of culling being extremely questionable, it is very expensive) the National Trust announced their launch of a four year vaccination programme. You can read the whole article here:
It's a Wild Life... 