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A local hedgehog welfare group is appealing for kind-hearted animal lovers to set up new hedgehog rescue centres.
Blandford Hedgehog Group (BHHG) fears that as Spring approaches and hedgehogs emerge from hibernation, more and more will find themselves in perilous situations. Between August and December last year, Blandford HHG placed more than 100 hedgehogs into local rescue centres. The majority of these went to Hamworthy and Crossways, with Hazelbury Bryan, Halstock, Portland and Bournemouth taking on the remainder. Rescues operate 365 days a year and do not receive any official funding. Each rescue initiative has to raise funds to pay for food, bedding, medication and vet bills. Recently Blandford HHG purchased two infrared heaters for the hedgehog refuge at Hamworthy. “If you are interested in finding out more, starting a rescue, becoming a fosterer or joining our amazing team of volunteers shredding newspaper for bedding, transporting hogs and [helping with] donations, please contact Denise on 07519 885147. You can also contact us through our Blandford HHG Facebook page, or email [email protected].”
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Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations.
The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. The agreement was reached on Saturday evening, after 38 hours of talks, at UN headquarters in New York. The negotiations had been held up for years over disagreements on funding and fishing rights. The last international agreement on ocean protection was signed 40 years ago in 1982 - the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. That agreement established an area called the high seas - international waters where all countries have a right to fish, ship and do research - but only 1.2% of these waters are protected. Marine life living outside these protected areas has been at risk from climate change, overfishing and shipping traffic. In the latest assessment of global marine species, nearly 10% were found to be at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These new protected areas, established in the treaty, will put limits on how much fishing can take place, the routes of shipping lanes and exploration activities like deep sea mining - when minerals are taken from a sea bed 200m or more below the surface. |
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