Guinea Pig Awareness Week aims to educate public about the pets’ needs
The RSPCA is tackling a large rise in the numbers of guinea pigs who are being given up by their owners or cruelly abandoned.
Overbreeding of guinea pigs and the ongoing impact of the cost of living crisis, as...
A farm in Dorset will be taking part in a new and unique collaboration between the Wildlife Trusts, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) and Jordans, to create a new model for sustainable farming. The Jordans Farm Partnership will see 42 progressive arable farms nationally take part in the new...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering the public a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name a newly recommended Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in Dorset, 30km south of Bournemouth, in Dorset. This offshore area is being put forward by Natural England for consideration in Tranche 3 of the MCZ process, which...
This is what can happen when kittens are given for free or in the hands of the wrong people. Each one painted a colour with permanent markers (similar to the inset photo) and used as bait for dog fights. People bet on the colour of the cat who will...
Taken outside of Limelight boutique in Weymouth today.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) staff and volunteers and pupils from Bincombe Valley Primary School in Weymouth have planted a new Community Orchard at DWT’s Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve, to mark the 40th anniversary of The Tree Council’s National Tree Week*. DWT is one of the many community groups across...
You would be forgiven for thinking that autumn migration is just a mirror image of spring migration; swallows and house martins in in May and out in October. In reality this is far from the case, the two seasons and related bird movements are very different. There are various...
Problem
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...
An adventurous grass snake was filmed near the back of a house in Dorset.
Remember they are harmless beautiful creatures.
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Jason Cridland
