June 7th, 2010
There are several sites and petitions now being put in place to help aid and bring awareness to the magnitude of damage that is affecting the wildlife of the Gulf of Mexico.
Great efforts are going into helping prevent further wildlife deaths with some U.S petitions. Fishermens and their families are now facing further hardships as the fish they rely on are dying in their hundreds of thousands and soon they will be told they cannot fish at all.
Join Care2 in helping gain numbers to bring about increased awareness of the growing environmental hazards from the oil spill. You too can help by signing this and using your voice to speak out for those wounded and diasbled animals and birds that cant.
Tags: BP Oil Spill, Gulf of mexico, petitions, protest sites, Wildlife | Posted in Life Change, News, Wildlife, environment
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March 30th, 2010
A housing development plan that has been put forward to be placed at Talbot Heath has been condemned by the RSPB.
The housing project application is said to be for 450 student flats and 378 homes and is to sit alongside the heathlands in Poole. A protest has been lodged to the Poole Borough Council and they along with other Dorset councils have committed to safeguard the heaths from any residential development within 400 metres, under a planning framework.
The RSPB have fears that this huge development will do a lot of damage to the unique wildlife that live on the heath. It is going to cause a huge disturbance and put immense pressure on the heathlands and the inhabitants it supports like the Dartford Warblers and the rare sand lizards. Not only is it going to have an enormous effect on the heathlands and wildlife, this development is only going to add to the already traffic congested Wallisdown Road.
Talbot heath is not only a protected site, has countless statutory designations being named a UK site of special scientific interest, European special protection area and special area of conservation it is also a wetland site of international importance under the RAMSAR convention.
The RSPB are standing alongside the local residents, Natural England and Dorset Wildlife Trust who are all against these housing plans.
Tags: Dorset Wildlife Trust, housing development, Natural England, Poole Council, protest, RAMSAR, RSPB, Talbot Heath, Wildlife | Posted in Local Councils, News, Wildlife, environment
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February 8th, 2010
Two years after the container ship Naopli grounded off the shores of Lyme Bay, debris continues to cause havoc to wildlife.
Small plastic pellets, known as nurdles are still to be found floating on the water. Birds interpret these as fish eggs, eat them, putting themselves in danger as obviously they are potentially fatal.
If you would like to help prevent this, come along and join the Great Dorset Beach Clean on Sunday, April 18th at 1.30pm at Kimmeridge Bay.
Tags: Great Dorset Beach Clean, Lyme Bay, Naopli wreck, Wildlife | Posted in Events, Wildlife, environment
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