BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-09)

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arlier this year, plans to

phase out badger culling

were announced in

Westminster. In June,

Scotland’s Parliament

banned the unlicensed culling

of mountain hares – another

complicated and controversial issue.

This has fanned the flames of debate,

and so, just as we delved deeper into

the badger cull a few months back,

this issue, we’re unpacking the facts

behind the new Scottish legislation

and asking how it will affect this

native highlander (p50).

Sticking with British mammals in

the news, in early August, we learned

that Defra had given permission for

beavers to remain in their Devon

home. But how exactly did this trial

come about, and what benefits will

they bring to the Otter Valley (p36)?

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