Organisation: Wildlife Service

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Wildlife Service to use drones to avoid fires

Drones are to be used by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to manage the risk of wildfires.

home and gardens

Mammals buck the trend for doom and gloom

Hedgehogs face a prickly future in Ireland

Grim findings in raptor report

Commercial pursuit of deer poses threat to non-native population

In search of missing butterflies

Government ignores plight of hare

IRELAND’S appalling record on safeguarding endangered wildlife species has come into the spotlight again, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminding us that key habitats requiring special attention are being neglected by the present government.

Sat, 11 Oct, 2008

Release of kites breeds optimism

Richard Collins says so far only two of 53 red kite chicks have perished in wild.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2008

Hunt for black panther after sighting in woods

WILDLIFE rangers are searching a woodland in Co Cork following a reported sighting of a black panther.

Tue, 05 Feb, 2008

This gannet colony chooses an odd spot

IRELAND has a new gannet colony; the first to be established since 1988.

Mon, 13 Aug, 2007

Owl’s Bean Sí call may go way of piseogs

EATING OWL flesh will help a child’s whooping cough and owl’s eyes contain a cure for blindness, or so the piseogs claim. According to the ancient Doctrine of Signatures, an animal’s special attributes indicate the medicinal benefits its flesh has to offer.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2007

Can partridges be saved from extinction?

IRELAND has several species of wild chicken. The pheasant is the most successful of them, but it’s not really an Irish bird.

Mon, 08 May, 2006

Seal slaughter - Callous act of savagery unjustifiable

BARBARISM is the only word to describe the slaughter of seals on the Blasket Islands.

Sat, 06 Nov, 2004