Ben Goldsmith

Hunters are being paid thousands of dollars by the state of Idaho for each newborn wolf pup that they kill. Ecologically vital, noble wolves, which number fewer than 1% of their historic population. It's unhinged. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/n…

Here's the head of @NaturalEngland praising Kazakhstan for having the courage to reintroduce Caspian tigers to its national parks, while here in Britain we struggle with the idea of restoring Eurasian lynx, a wild cat which is smaller than my pet dog. Tony knows that political opposition to lynx is absurd.

Beavers boost nature even more than was previously understood, a new study shows.

Beavers really are the keystone of all keystone species, and among the most powerful tools we have for breathing new life back into landscapes 🦫

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Rail passengers watching noisy reels, playing music or talking loudly on their phones is the kind of thing that gives people a sense of the enshittification of everything. It's like litter, leaving dogshit or shoplifting, so easy to stop , with penalties and enforcement. It's all a choice.

New Zealand has set itself a staggering goal: to rid the entire country of rats, stoats and possums by 2050, so that kiwi, kākāpō and its other fabled native birds can flourish again. In the latest Rewilding the World podcast, Jessi Morgan tells me how thousands of ordinary New Zealanders are making it happen, one backyard at a time.

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