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“We hear a lot about how endangered tigers are, but great white sharks are pretty close to the same level.” Ronald O’Dor of Dalhousie University...
London parks
28th June 2010
Park managers in London are to sow grasses and wildflowers in an attempt to boost plummeting house sparrow populations. According to the RSPB, numbers of this species have dropped in the capital by nearly 70 per cent in 15 years.
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