An unusual and sad sight - what appears to be an erythristic badger, dead by the road in Gloucestershire

Wouldn't it be good if all the heat and smoke generated over these bans - which successive governments have now realised will do harm and quietly shelved - was devoted to actual conservation?

After 12+ yrs as Prof of Science Communication at @uniofglos I’ve updated my title to Prof of Conservation Ecology. My work has increasingly focused on conservation science (especially in southern Africa), so this better reflects what I do day to day, & where my research sits.

@Bufftontuffton3 @Babashankar08 @VisionaryVoid

This. youtu.be/2WJhax7Jmxs?si=hQ9K…

Maybe you should spend a bit more outside?

@BooLeanneLogic @DariusBearVT @blokeworth

Sure...it is a big old section but here is a little taster. Beattie's book was effectively sponsored by anti hunting orgs and is a appalling piece of "scholarship"... one might even say "bought testimony".

It isn't the same to such an extent that it is not worth spelling it out in my own time. So here is a good summary from AI - which really seems to understand the situation. Not surprising- it is very simple