
Ben Goldsmith
“The idea of wilderness needs no defense, only defenders.” ~ Edward Abbey
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bengoldsmith.substack.com | Ben Goldsmith
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Jan 15, 2025 |
spectator.com.au | Ben Goldsmith
The Guardian is reporting that No. 10 is set to delay plans to release beavers into the wild, potentially because it is seen by officials as a ‘Tory legacy’. Could it be that Labour’s Steve Reed is set to join a long line of Defra ministers who, having promised finally to legalise the reintroduction of beavers into the wild, end up backpedalling under pressure from rural lobbyists who have long decided beavers have no place in the countryside?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
spectator.co.uk | Ben Goldsmith
The Guardian is reporting that No. 10 is set to delay plans to release beavers into the wild, potentially because it is seen by officials as a ‘Tory legacy’. Could it be that Labour’s Steve Reed is set to join a long line of Defra ministers who, having promised finally to legalise the reintroduction of beavers into the wild, end up backpedalling under pressure from rural lobbyists who have long decided beavers have no place in the countryside?
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Jan 13, 2025 |
spectator.co.uk | Ben Goldsmith
The surprise appearance and subsequent safe capture this week of a seemingly tame family of Eurasian lynx in the Scottish Highlands, more than a millennium after the species was extirpated from Britain, has been by far the most bizarre British news story of the year so far. For a brief moment, one of Britain’s most iconic extinct species is now dominating the national discourse – which can only be a good thing.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
spectator.com.au | Ben Goldsmith
The surprise appearance and subsequent safe capture this week of a seemingly tame family of Eurasian lynx in the Scottish Highlands, more than a millennium after the species was extirpated from Britain, has been by far the most bizarre British news story of the year so far. For a brief moment, one of Britain’s most iconic extinct species is now dominating the national discourse – which can only be a good thing.
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