AN APPEAL has been made to stop vandals destroying habitats for rare species across Dorset. Over the past year Dorset Wildlife Trust, which runs 42 nature reserves, said staff members are dealing with a spate of vandalism, fires and fly-tipping on the nature reserves. In response, councillor and mayor of Weymouth Graham Winter has condemned the behaviour calling it a travesty . He said: These sites are important and should be appreciated not decimated. I condemn vandalism. These sites are important ecologically and have been here for tens of thousands of years. These crimes are destroying these sites, which are home to rare species - some of which can only be found in Dorset.