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Experts criticise study into pet reptile deaths
Very little information on the mortality rates of pet reptiles exists. Study finds 3.6 per cent of pet reptiles die...
Committee calls for GM insects
The technology is believed to have the potential to help control diseases such as dengue and malaria. Technology may have...
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Badger culls to continue in 2016
The government wants to see badger controls over a wider number of areas next year. Stricter cattle controls will also...
UK’s butterflies in 40-year slump
Some formerly common and widespread butterfly species are now a cause for concern. Declines seen in over 75 per cent...
First aquatic animal health strategy launches
"Real benefits can be achieved by protecting and improving the health of our farmed, wild migratory and freshwater fish, and...
Committee halts trade in newts and salamanders
The disease is already infecting wild amphibian populations in Belgium and has reached Germany. Restrictions imposed to prevent the spread...