African elephants are at an increasing risk of extinction due to poaching and habitat loss, conservationists have warned.
African forest elephants, which are native to West Africa and the Congo basin, have been named as a critically endangered species in a new "Red List" from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The...
Signage featuring fun and friendly wildlife characters will soon be seen on Dorset’s verges.
The signage will feature a range of characters including bumble bee, mouse, grass snake, hedgehog and grasshopper. The messages on the signs will explain how we are managing that particular verge and thank people for taking...
The Wildlife Trusts have shared their response to the Government’s consultation on the badger cull and are calling upon the Government to stop issuing badger cull licences with immediate effect.
Based on their analysis of the consultation, The Wildlife Trusts are calling on the Government to:
Stop issuing badger cull...
The Wildlife Trusts welcome the launch of the consultation on the Draft Policy Statement on Environmental Principles. Almost three months after the end of the transition period and after waiting over three years for clarity on how our environmental principles will be applied outside the EU, it is a...
March marks the start of the ground-nesting bird season and as the pressure from visitors to our open spaces has increased during lockdown, so has the pressure on the creatures that live in them.
Dorset’s heaths are home to some of our rarest and most threatened UK birds. Birds that nest...
Today’s announcement that a banned neonicotinoid will not be used on sugar beet is good news – but does not halt the risk to wildlife in future years
Bees and other wildlife may have won a temporary reprieve and could now avoid being poisoned by a toxic pesticide due to...
● Major new campaign to protect nature launches today backed by 50+ nature organisations, plus celebrities and political figures● PM called on to lead the way globally on commitments to nature by putting nature promises into law ahead of hosting global talks● Public urged to sign petition to show...
The Wildlife Trusts are releasing a record number of beavers in 2021 – twenty years after bringing the first ever beavers back to Britain.
Around 20 beavers will be released this year including to a project in Wales. The first of the year’s releases took place in Dorset this week.
Plans...
Officers investigating an animal cruelty and public order incident in Christchurch are issuing images of a man they would like to speak to.
At around 9.30am on Monday 25 January 2021 a woman attended Central convenience store in Bure Lane, Mudeford, and left her dog – a small French Bulldog...
A pesticide known to kill bees has been authorised for farmers to use on sugar beet crops in England.
We are shocked that the Secretary of State, George Eustice, has used his power to allow this.
The decision to allow emergency use of thiamethoxam goes against all commitments this Government has made to...
