In this article, Wildlife Matters discovers the fascinating life of the Winter Moth. In early December and throughout the Winter, you may come across a little brown moth under the light of your porch or on the window of a well-lit room. If it looks like the one in the picture, you have found whose vernacular name is the winter moth. Continue Reading... "049 – The fascinating life of the Winter Moth"
In this article, Wildlife Matters asks what hedgehogs eat. Hedgehogs are omnivores with a diverse diet, including invertebrates like Beetles, caterpillars, earthworms, millipedes, snails, and slugs are all favourites. Still, hedgehogs are flexible when it comes to their diet. Continue Reading... "048 What do Hedgehogs eat?"
Driven grouse shooting is pretty much unique to the United Kingdom. Red grouse are cosseted on the upland moors – now known as grouse moors – where their habitat, primarily heather, is managed to suit this one species that is ‘protected’ from the local wildlife and any potential predators by the gamekeepers. You may think this sounds like a conservation project, but no, the end game is the Grouse are shot for pleasure! Continue Reading... "047 – Grouse Moor Shooting – What’s it all about?"
From the start of September until the end of February every year, a large-scale hunt of dolphins takes place. During this period, fishermen, or more appropriately, dolphin hunters, utilise drive hunt techniques to herd large numbers of dolphins to shore, resulting in their capture or death. Continue Reading... "046 – Taiji Cove – Japan The Shameless Slaughter of Dolphins"
Although marine parks claim to conserve marine mammals through breeding programs, these programs are ineffective. Many marine mammals commonly bred in captivity are not considered threatened or endangered. Continue Reading... "045 – Captive Cetaceans – Dolphins sold into a life of Captivity"
