A thousand hazel dormice have now been reintroduced into woodland sites in the UK in efforts to save the tiny threatened mammals, conservationists said.
The conservation milestone, in a national reintroduction programme which has been running since 1993, has been reached with the release of 30 dormice in a woodland in Lancashire.
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and partners government agency Natural England and University of Cumbria are releasing 15 breeding pairs or trios of the rare animals into an undisclosed location in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The latest releases are part of a wider landscape-scale “back on our map” project to reinstate 10 locally threatened or extinct native species, including hazel dormice, back into the area.
Meet the rare creature making a return to a Lancashire beauty spot
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