Positive Conservation Story: Water Voles Offered Protection
Editor’s Note: during our week-long discussion of wildlife around the world, we’re pleased to offer this guest post by Anna-Lisa from Green Girls Global.
Did you know that 2008 is the 100th anniversary of that wonderful children’s book, ‘Wind in the Willows’?
For those of you who recollect the classic story you will remember characters such as Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Mr. Badger, Mole and also ‘Ratty’ who was actually a European Water Vole.
In addition to 2008 being the anniversary of the book, it is also the year that the Water Vole has been finally provided full legal protection. Six years after a change in the law was first recommended, ‘Ratty’ is finally to receive full protection from the law, under new proposals announced by the UK Deparment for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
