Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) biggest ever campaign, Get Dorset Buzzing, received its 4,000th pledge at the Dorset County Show earlier this month. Now, Dorset’s largest wildlife charity has launched an appeal in an effort to Keep Dorset Buzzing, well beyond the end of the campaign.
Get Dorset Buzzing was...
Dorset Police is issuing some crime prevention advice to dog owners to prevent future dog theft incidents in the county.
There have been a number of dog theft stories circulating on social media and in the media over the last year, which has led to growing concern among owners both...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and the RSPCA have released two common seals back into sea in Poole Harbour, after having been cared for the by the team at the RSPCA West Hatch Wildlife Centre in Taunton since their arrival on August 18th 2016. DWT hopes to monitor them through the...
Shark fin soup comes with a price. And we're not talking the thousands people pay to eat it — we're talking the mass killing of sharks, the disruption of our oceans' ecosystem, and the brutal slaughter of hundreds of thousands of dolphins used by fishermen as shark bait. ...
Conservationist and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham says British supermarkets are ‘selling suffering’ in light of the very worst forms of suffering that chickens on British farms are put through by the meat industry.
The TV personality made the comments as he launched a campaign to push for higher welfare standards...
Horse welfare campaigner Julie Girling has warmly welcomed moves to set up a multi-national steering group to improve equine protection and care. The British MEP, whose own comprehensive report on equine welfare was adopted by the European Parliament earlier this year, described the proposals for co-ordinated action across the...
Badger Trust meets with Environment Secretary Michael Gove.
Badger Trust Chairman Peter Martin and CEO Dominic Dyer met with Environment Secretary Michael Gove on Tuesday 24th October to discuss a range of serious concerns with the current badger culling policy. The meeting follows a number of previous meetings with MP's...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering young people aged 18 to 25 years a once in a lifetime opportunity to discover more about Marine Protected Areas in the Franco-British Youth Forum taking place this autumn. The Forum will take place over two weekends, in Dorset in October and France...
At a farming conference in Oxford today, Environment Secretary Michael Gove outlined plans to replace farm subsidies based on the amount of land owned, with funding to support farmers to provide public benefits, including environmentally friendly practices and better access to the countryside.The plan would see the creation of...
An artist who runs courses at Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe Centre will be exhibiting her work at the RHS London Botanical Art Show on 26thand 27thFebruary 2016. Her illustrations are inspired by the iconic hedgerows, trees and shrubs at Kingcombe Meadows in West Dorset. Sarah Morrish has been working...
