AR-News: (Bahrain) Animals seek city life...

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http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=77319&Sn=WORL 


Vol XXVII   

NO. 2       
 
Monday       
 
22 March 2004 




A Mad, Mad World...
Intensive farming is driving many British animal species away from the 
countryside to seek a new life in the cities, where they can thrive in parks and 
gardens, a report said yesterday. Some species such as hedgehogs, shrews, dormice 
and hares are declining in number in rural areas, but are flourishing in 
towns, cities and suburbs, according to a study cited by the Sunday Times 
newspaper. 
Even some larger animals such as deer and badgers, populations of which are 
steady in the countryside, are also moving in increasing numbers to built-up 
areas, the study by Mammals Trust UK found. Intensive farming was causing a 
"decline in biodiversity" in many rural areas, Mammals Trust UK chief executive 
Valerie Keeble told the newspaper. "It seems gardens and parks increasingly 
offer better resources such as food and shelter," she said. The trust asked 3,000 
members to survey the wildlife in their area, using both direct sightings and 
the existence of droppings and burrows, the Sunday Times said. The survey 
found some surprising results, such as increasing numbers of the tiny muntjac deer 
in London's parks, as well as roe deer spotted in the Scottish cities of 
Glasgow and Edinburgh. 
   
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