Dorset Wildlife Trust is pleased to announce that Lady’s Mead Meadow in Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve has been chosen to showcase Dorset’s meadows and celebrate the 60thanniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. The Coronation Meadows event falls on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Meadow Wildlife Weekend on the 15th and 16th June,...
Dorset MEP Ashley Fox is questioning the rules regarding the importation of puppies into the UK. It follows Devon based charity the Dogs Trust’s investigation into vets and breeders in Lithuania and Romania, and the worrying ease in which commercial transporters can bring puppies into Great Britain under a scheme designed...
Residents of Dorset can soon once again live peacefully and at ease knowing that the slaughter of badgers is now stopping. Hundreds of badgers will have been slaughtered without mercy in Dorset , backed by the government and defended by the NFU. The NFU claims that slaughtering badgers is...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has been made aware of a rising number of otter deaths in Dorset this autumn. Most deaths have occurred on roads and are thought to be due to otters resorting to using roads as recent rainfall has left them unable to swim under bridges in...
Dorset MEP Ashley Fox is calling for better enforcement of rules regulating the importation of puppies into the UKThe UK-based Dogs Trust has presented evidence to Mr Fox about diseases being brought into the UK from countries like Lithuania and Romania and the worrying ease in which commercial transporters...
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Dorset Rural Police have refused to deal with road safety in regards to the Portman hunt who are placing road users at risk by galloping all over main roads, leading hounds onto main roads and not using the bridle paths.
Dorset Police have claimed that hounds running all over the...
We have been closely monitoring the pair since their release and it has been clear that they have formed a strong bond in the time they have been on site, and this latest discovery is further evidence of this.The trail cams have only identified one kit so far, but...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre will be holding its annual festive ‘Christmas Bazaar’ on Sunday 29th November from 10am – 4pm to raise money for local wildlife. Books, jewellery, homeware, children’s toys, local arts and crafts – all inspired by local wildlife and the natural...
This was our beautiful sixteen month old Labrador Tess just two weeks ago, after she won four rosettes at the local fun dog show.. Yet just yesterday Tess was fighting for her life with heart failure for the second time in six months. Unfortunately, in April this year we...
