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| DATE: | ANIMAL: | LOCATION: |
| 28th December 2001 | BEAVER | Knapdale Forest |
| 9th June 2004 | WALLABY | Scottish island of Islay |
| 12th August 2004 | MONKEYS | Oban |
Knapdale
Forest
BEAVER
Scottish
bid to reintroduce wild beaver
Environmentalists
in Scotland want permission to import a colony of beavers from Norway. Scottish
Natural Heritage hopes the Scottish Executive will approve the plan next month.
It would be Britain's first wild colony for 400 years. The twelve animals
would be set free in spring 2003. If the trial is successful it would pave
the way for a full-scale reintroduction five years later.
It would take place at Knapdale Forest in Argyll where they would study the ecology of the beaver in the environment and assess the effects of beaver activities. They would be radio-tagged and allowed to breed. The European beaver was widely resident north of the border until the 16th Century, when they were hunted into extinction.
Some landowners and the National Farmers' Union of Scotland believe the animals could damage the environment and industry. But a SNH spokesman says: "There are 14 European countries which have reintroduced the beaver - we are not just throwing them out from the back of a van into the wild."
28th
December 2001
Story filed: 15:13 Friday
Contributed
by: Mark
Fraser
Scottish Big Cats.
www.scottishbigcats.org
Oban
MONKEYS
Monkeys Stolen.
Police are searching for thieves who stole 15 monkeys from The Oban Zoological
world in Argyle. They believe the rare primates worth £10,000.00 were
stolen to order for overseas collectors. Seven squirrel marmosets, five black
tufted ear marmosets and three Geoffroy's tufted marmosets were taken. They
believe the animals may have been drugged to make it easier to get away with
them. The zoo owner, Gordon Rollinson said he had spoken to the police, but
wasn't going to comment. The zoo which opened in 2001 is not covered by CCTV
cameras. Detective Constable Emma Trantor said they think more than one person
must had been involved to get all the primates together. They are working
on the basis that they were stolen to order and that they will be talking
to animal dealers in the UK and abroad.
12th August 2004
Source: Daily Record
Written by: Karen Allison
Contributed by: Chris Mullins
File:
Ref
No: 1508
Scottish
island of Islay
WALLABY
Dead Wallaby Found on Scottish Island
A dead Wallaby was found on the Scottish island of Islay. It was buried after
being examined by Police and Environmental Health officials. It had probably
been killed by a car. Nobody knows how it reached the island. Wallabies are
believed to exist on Loch Lomond but, although they are strong swimmers, it
is hard to imagine one travelling that far. It is possible that
it was killed elsewhere and dumped as a joke.
(Source: The Scotsman 9th June 2004)
Contributed
by Lisa Willow
Writen By Paul Williams, 06/08/04, http://wehrwulf.fcpages.com
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