Ian Farnell
@Farnellian
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Teaching Fellow @TheatreWarwick. Upcoming book: Science Fiction & Contemporary British Theatre (@MethuenDrama). Vegan for the planet.
Joined September 2011
We are deeply concerned that the RSPB are shining a light on the criminals among us. It’s so unfair.
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Exciting news! The Wildlife Trusts have today completed the purchase of part of Rothbury Estate in Northumberland in partnership with Northumberland Wildlife Trust including the Simonside Hills. It's home to rare wildlife including curlew and red squirrel. (1/2) 📷 Duncan Hutt
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Hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade
theguardian.com
The mammals were once common across Europe but urban development has pushed them towards extinction
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Just a few of yesterday’s garden visitors. We are lucky to see such beauty and we will do what we can to protect it, here and everywhere. @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @BadgerTrust
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Happy to report this beautiful stag outran the Devon and Somerset Staghounds today within the first hour, a great feat with hundreds out for blood watching his every move. They spent the remaining 3 hours getting very wet looking for him, what a shame!
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DENIED: Council rejects Boxing Day parade for Dunston Harriers "This tradition has had its day" https://t.co/dbses49vmE
protectthewild.org.uk
Wymondham Town Council in Norfolk has rejected a request from the Dunston Harriers to hold a Boxing Day parade in the town centre this year. Councillors cited various reasons for the decision,...
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It’s always magical to encounter our local badger clan. They are safe, but many of their kin face extermination under the remorseless cull. If you can, please donate to @BadgerTrust or any local groups in your area. Help save these beautiful animals from needless destruction.
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Plant-based meat alternatives are eco-friendlier and mostly healthier, study finds
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Food Foundation’s study notes that some processed ‘alternative protein’ products have high levels of salt
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Trail hunting is a smokescreen for hunting foxes– it's wildlife crime , plain & simple . With a new government we have a real chance for change – use our letter template to write to your MP urging for a ban now https://t.co/vayKU6yvOF It's time to end to this vile 'sport' .
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Bittern chicks - a first for Martin Mere! After completing works on the reedbed to attract breeding bitterns, 7 chicks have hatched across 2 nests for the first time in recorded history. More: https://t.co/Q1O65Jl19c Video taken during nest visit under schedule 1 licence
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Brian May is hosting a one-off BBC documentary about his work in the field of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and how to prevent it without resorting to badger culling. https://t.co/LbhXm0Ug9Y
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Brian May is hosting a one-off BBC documentary, 'The Badgers, The Farmers And Me', about avoiding badger culling.
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If the Green Party is to stand for anything, anything at all then surely in Bristol where it first held power this destructive proposal must be thwarted. Nature in Britain is nearing death in so many places. Please circulate to help save Yew Tree Farm.
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We are deeply disappointed in Bristol City Council’s decision last night to expand South Bristol Cemetery & Crematorium into Yew Tree Farm, a site designated, by the council itself, as a Site of...
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Vaccinating badgers more effective than culls in stopping bovine TB, study finds
theguardian.com
Percentage of badgers with bTB fell to zero in Cornish study, raising hopes of end to cull of 210,000 badgers since 2013
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I can hardly believe I'm writing this and posting this article - "Hunting industry claims to be minority ethnic group and seeks protection under Equality Act" https://t.co/9Y1M3kvcTA
protectthewild.org.uk
Hunters came together recently for a conference in Wiltshire to discuss how to save hunting. Their plan of action? To claim that hunters are a minority ethnic group, and as such need to be protected...
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Sakka my cat has been missing since Saturday 27th July evening - area of Croxley WD18, PLEASE contact me should you see her and check all areas - heart is broken.
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Mamma duck and eleven (!!!) ducklings on our local canal. @WTBBC @CanalRiverTrust @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice
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Can't believe it's happening again, despite a change of government. We need boots on the ground but, if you can't help, our petrol fund needs topping up 🙏#badgercull
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A new study published in the prestigious nature journal Scientific Reports has undermined the very premise on which badger culling has operated for the past 11 years. Read it here: https://t.co/8r4wLuFt97
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here you go - have a look at this threat to society and then try and understand why she deserves 4 year prison sentence - for trying to raise awareness about climate change - when rapists and those who kill while driving get far less punishment ... https://t.co/7viGNfH0fp
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Oxfordshire - a heartland for badgers over the centuries – could see them exterminated in the epi-cull zones. We cannot allow this travesty. Please join us in asking Oxford Uni scientists to speak out and help end the badger cull! SIGN THE PETITION: https://t.co/5pH3m7ImoG
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