‘ANIMALS’ Archives
ARE VETS MAKING DOGS ILL?
INTERVIEW: CATHERINE O'DRISCOLL Veterinary vaccines and medicines and commercial pet foods are making our dogs ill. That’s according to Catherine O’Driscoll from Canine Health Concern.
VEGANS & MANURE
INTERVIEW: GRAHAM COLE The Vegan Organic movement is gradually growing in the UK. The idea is that farmers don’t use any animal products at all in the farming process. So although its easy to see why someone who cares about animals may be concerned about using bone meal or blood, its less obvious why they’d want to avoid manure - after all [...]
CURE A SPIDER PHOBIA
INTERVIEW: VICKY ROSS If the thought of spiders makes your skin crawl and the idea of going anywhere near one sends you running, then you might be in need of a phobia cure. NLP Master Practitioner Vicky Ross has cured 100s of people of their fear of arachnids.
WHAT MADE WHALES TAKE TO THE WATER?
INTERVIEW: JOSIANE CABANA Our modern whales date back over 25million years – and their earliest ancestors were land based. That’s according to whale expert Josiane Cabana at the Group for Education and Research on Marine Mammals based at Tadoussac in Canada.
WETLANDS & BIRDS
INTERVIEW: SALLY MACKENZIE Wetlands are great places for birds – and a variety of other flora and fauna. But according to Sally MacKenzie from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust there is much more to these damp, boggy areas.
CHANGING FARMING
INTERVIEW: TONI VINELLI Viva! wants to change the way we farm our pigs – in particular the breeding sows. Toni Vinelli from Viva! explains why.
SAFETY IN AFRICA
INTERVIEW: JENNY BOWEN Travelling to Africa can be an amazing adventure, but it does come with a few risks, so how can you ensure you are safe when holidaying there? Jenny Bowen is from Sense Africa.
IS IT EASIER BEING A MOTH?
INTERVIEW: DAN HOARE Butterflies may be more prominent, but in fact that are many more species of moth in the UK than there are of the brightly coloured butterflies. But despite this, moths are also facing a tough time with some species declining dramatically. Dan Hoare is from UK charity Butterfly Conservation.
BIRDS OF PREY
INTERVIEW: GEOFF DALTON If you keep a bird of prey one of the most important things you have to do every day is weigh it. That’s according to Geoff Dalton from the Cotswold Falconry Centre.
FALCON CENTRE
INTERVIEW: GEOFF DALTON The dream may have changed but the work of the Cotswold Falconry Centre remains the same. That’s according to falconer Geoff Dalton.
