This third blog in our festive series about the turtle dove comes from Conservation Manager at Conservation Grade, Simon Tonkin… “If you believe we will not succeed, we have already failed” Is it because turtle doves cannot raise enough broods to sustain the population in our countryside or the onslaught of hunting? Is it because […]
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The Passenger Pigeon – a lesson we must learn
Exactly 100 years ago today, the North American Passenger Pigeon went extinct. We know the precise time and location of this event – 13:00 in Cincinnati Zoo, USA – and we know the name of that last representative of a species – Martha. What is exceptional is that just 50 years earlier, the Passenger Pigeon […]
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