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Donal Hickey: Huge numbers of animals killed on roads every day

Donal Hickey: Huge numbers of animals killed on roads every day

It's World Animal Road Accident Awareness Day on Thursday, October 10 — people are urged to be extra careful in areas that are known animal crossings and also to consider what they would do if they hit an animal while driving

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

Hare's Corner initiative benefits more than the lovely hare

Hare's Corner initiative benefits more than the lovely hare

The Celts respected the hare as an animal with supernatural powers that should not be harmed. More than 270 new hare’s corners have been created in the Burren in just two years

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Hedgehog, wild, native European hedgehog in summer flowers and herbs. Erinaceus europaeus

Cobh urged to declare ‘hedgehog safe zones’ after spike in roadkill

A Cork harbour town has been urged to declare itself a safe haven for hedgehogs after an apparent spike in the number of hog-related roadkills in recent months.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2022

Learning from roadkill

I HAVE a habit, perhaps a rather morbid habit, of stopping to examine birds and animals that have been killed on the roads around my home. 

Mon, 22 Jun, 2015