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New Species of Shrew Is a Force to Be Reckoned with Snow Leopards ISSN 2051-6703 November 2013 WILDLIFE Number 4 wpeople’s trust for endangeredrld species | LIVING ROOM SAVING CATS & DOGS NUMBER GAMES How much space Latest news from some How to count does a hedgehog of our large carnivore wildlife – tips from population need? projects an expert FROM THE EDITOR It’s not in my nature to be a pessimist – which is part and while it’s tempting to just hold a finger to the of the reason I appreciate the ‘can-do’ attitude of wind and go, our mission is too important and the PTES – as an organisation it puts its weight behind risk of casualties is too high. people whose expertise, passion and hard work We feature PTES supporters in various sections really can make a difference. But this has been a of the magazine – if ever there was a reason for difficult year for conservationists in Britain, and for optimism, it’s seeing the pictures and reading the much of the time achieving the necessary support reports you send in of fundraisers, awareness events, for wildlife has felt even more of an uphill struggle class projects and magical wildlife encounters. Word than usual. Certainly the political wind is against of mouth is powerful, and wildlife needs advocates us. But the thing about wind is that it changes. Like in all walks of life and in every home, every city seasoned sailors, we have to be ready and willing to park and farming community, every classroom and make maximum headway when we can. This might boardroom, every pub and coffee shop, every social mean taking a longer route. Sometimes it means networking site and every corridor of power. You just fighting to hold a position and not be swept don’t have to be an expert in all of it, just find out disastrously off course by forces beyond our control. what you can about an issue that concerns you – the Giving up isn’t an option. following pages are a great place to start – and then, Mariners have learned that when it comes please, go and share it. to navigating tricky waters, tried and tested technology is infinitely better than instinct. And in conservation, it’s the same. We must have a clear idea of our destination, and rely on scientific research to inform our decisions on how to get Dr Amy-Jane Beer there. Science, like careful route-finding, takes time, Editor Wildlife World Laurie Campbell 2 wildlifeworld WILDLIFE WORLD Make this magazine work harder... When you’ve finished with this copy of Wildlife World, please pass it on to someone else or donate it to a waiting room collection – you might find us a new supporter! If you’ve picked up this magazine and enjoyed reading about the projects that PTES funds you can support us for just £3 a month and receive two issues of Wildlife World every year. Please contact us at the address below for details. In this edition ... In this edition ... Registered Charity No. 274206 Your PTES Our staff and supporters love 18 Loris love and pride Community support Editor: Dr Amy-Jane Beer 4getting close to wildlife, as the pictures we for slow loris conservation in Java has never Editorial team: Jill Nelson, Zoe Roden receive show. Why not send us yours? been higher, thanks to work funded by PTES. Nida Al Fulaij Design: Amy-Jane Beer, Wildstory Frontline We all know wildlife needs space 18 Following the bear The Syrian subspecies www.wildstory.co.uk Print: Cliffe Enterprise 5– but how much exactly? For hedgehogs at of brown bear is in decline, making research least, we’re closer to an answer. on its ecology increasingly urgent. Cover image: Indian rhinoceros by 19 Feeling eels and catching crabs Testing Bernard Castelein/ 6-9 NEWS Naturepl.com size-selective fyke nets is chilly, slimy work. It’s Updates from home and overseas, including lucky PTES interns are made of stern stuff. upward trends for pine martens, worrying figures for grey long-eared bats, exciting news 20 The buzzy beast of Dartmoor As elusive about snow leopards, and a word from our as the Beast of Bodmin, the bog hoverfly needs The opinions expressed in this magazine CEO Jill Nelson. friends like PTES and Buglife, the Invertebrate are not necessarily those of People’s Trust for Endangered Species. Conservation Trust. Scrapbook News, comment, 10-11pictures and updates from 20 A welcome find in the ForestAnother PTES-funded researchers and supporters. triumph for citizen science – our appeal for noble chafer sightings scored a hit thanks to a 12-15 MAIN FEATURE sharp-eyed New Forest resident. The magic of Manas 21 Rocky gets a second chance Life in the Most people have never heard of India’s wild can be tough for young orangutans – but remote Manas valley, despite its World life in captivity is worse. Our project in Aceh is Heritage status. PTES is helping Pranjal offering hope for the great red ape. Bezbarua put Manas on the map as a haven Contact us: for wildlife, including endangered rhinos. 21 Protecting India’s great gibbon PTES Wildlife World Magazine hangout News of another PTES funded 15 Cloisters House primate project investigating the ecology of 8 Battersea Park Road 16–21 PTES IN ACTION the western hoolock gibbon in India. London SW8 4BG Tel: 020 7498 4533 16-17 Saving big cats and wild dogs DIY... Counting wildlife www.ptes.org Updates from a selection of our carnivore 10-11Numbers matter when it [email protected] campaign projects, helping lions, cheetahs and comes to wildlife populations. So we asked wild dogs in Africa and snow leopards and ecologist Colin Hawes for some tips on how to dholes in Asia. count what you see on your patch. CORRECTION: On page 10 of the last editon of Wildlife World we captioned an image as the medicine tree Prunus africana. In fact the picture showed another shrub, Casia sp. wildlifeworld 3 YOUR PTES PTES likes ... The River Singers by Tom Moorhouse £10.99 Ecologist and 34 dormice are settling PTES research down to their first wild fundee Tom winter following their Moorhouse has release at Treswell Wood turned his love in June. The reintroduction of water voles featured on the BBC’s One into a novel. Show in September. Aimed at children 8 years old and up, the story is a must for bedtime in wildlife friendly households this winter. Meanwhile, dormouse monitoring continued at our Briddlesford reserve where some of you joined Griffiths Lorna in through our Wildlife Encounters programme. 52 Wildlife ‘Getting close to such beautiful animals was an Weekends: a year experience we’ll treasure for a long time to of British wildlife watching breaks Zoe Roden Zoe come’ said event suppor ters Paul & Karen. by James Lowen Brant, £14.99 Emily, Susan & Katherine A timely guide took the PTES and Hedgehog for anyone planning to Street show on the road see more wildlife in 2014 – practical this summer, visiting events advice on how to experience the including Bristol Festival best of wild Britain in a packed of Nature and BirdFair at series of two-day excursions. Rutland Water. Christmas SHOPPING? Remember to visit our shop at www.ptes.org/shop for a range of thoughtful wildlife gifts that help conserve the species you care about. PTES We enjoyed a day out of the Embodying ethics: Endangered office picking apples in our orchard by Rohan Chhabra at Rough Hill. Hard work for some... enjoying your tea Henry? PTES Grrrrr... our Saving There’s more to Big Cats and Wild designer Rohan Chhabra’s range Dogs campaign of hunting jackets than meets has some fierce the eye. Each one transforms into a representation of a critically suppor ters! endangered species. This thought- provoking project has won acclaim for its craftsmanship and its PTES relevant and responsive nature. Rohan’s work is being exhibited at For details of Wildlife Encounters, surveys and other PTES the 2013 London Design Festival activities, visit www.ptes.org or scan the code and discover and will be touring soon. Or see it at how you can join in. www.rohan-chhabra.com 4 wildlifeworld SPACE FOR HEDGEHOGS Frontline WITH A hammer, NAILS, A few PLAN KS OF WOOD AND NO INKLING OF THE conseQUENCES, AN AFTERNOON’S WORK could SENTENCE A local HEDGEHOG population to EXtinction. habitat fragmentation REALLY IS AS EASY AS that. Hedgehogs are in trouble. This term. Perhaps counter-intuitively, much has been clear since the conditions in the wider countryside PTES Mammals on Roads survey are more likely to lead to high flagged up a decade of severe mortality and greater annual losses 18 months ago. Several variation in breeding success, and possible factors have been so the relevant values of MVP are implicated in the disastrous higher in rural areas than built up decline, from road traffic to ones. Because typical hedgehog pesticides, disease, badgers and densities in various habitat types landscape development. are known, it was possible for Tom to estimate the area required The Hedgehog Street campaign, to sustain MVPs in different run by PTES and the British habitat types. The results were Hedgehog Preservation Society startling. Even in the resource-rich (BHPS) is spreading the word hedgehog utopia of suburbia, it that back gardens are vital for takes between 0.9 and 2.4 km2, of hedgehogs and encouraging continuous, connected habitat to householders to welcome support a viable population. This is wildlife into their green a huge area, and it makes clear that spaces. We know that habitat preserving hedgehogs really is a connectivity is essential to neighbourhood-scale affair.
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