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| DATE: | ANIMAL: | LOCATION: |
| 24th April 2004 | MENAGERIE | Peterborough |
| 20th August 2004 | THREATENED BIRDS | Nene Washes Reserve |
THREATENED
BIRDS
Conservation efforts pay off for threatened birds.
A dozen of the most threatened bird species of the UK are increasing, suggesting
conservation efforts are paying off. A report by the Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds and the Wildlife Trust for Ornithology, the numbers of
bittern, white tailed eagle, capercaillie, corncrake, stone-curlew, roseate
tearn, woodlark, song thrush, marsh tit, tree sparrow, cirl and reed buntings
have all increased in numbers in the past decade. The state of the UK report
concludes that the red-backed shrike and the wryneck are virtually extinct.
The report also says that much more effort is needed to reverse the decline
of about half of our threatened birds. The attempt to reintroduce the corncrake,
which is now confined to the Scottish islands, was successful last year by
releasing zoo-reared young birds on the RSPB's Nene washes reserve, near Peterborough
last year.
20th August 2004
Source: The Guardian
Written by: Karen Allison
MENAGERIE
Exotic Animals found in terraced house
A menagerie of exotic creatures, including a five foot long alligator was
discovered in a terraced house in Peterborough. The Mississippi alligator
was in a putrid tank in the front room. Amongst the other animals was a
red-tailed hawk and plastic containers holding dead cobras, boas and crocodiles.
Lethal rattlesnakes and a sulcata tortoise, which can grow to two-and-a
-half feet long, were removed along with five dogs, seven puppies and five
ferrets. They are now at a rescue centre in Wickenby. Officials had been
called by relatives of the owner who has since died.
The RSPCA called for tighter controls on the keeping of dangerous animals,
pointing out that there is no known anti-venom for the rare dusty rattlesnake,
which was found at the house.
24th April 2004
(Source: BBC News)
Contributed
by: Lisa Willow
Written by: Paul Williams
File: 2004-147
Ref
No: 1226
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