Sex, gender and glitter bears

The bear is charging towards me. Old man that I am, I know that I cannot…


Wolf pack

Wolves are howling in the Catalan Pyrenees once again, after a century’s…


Slow goats

I have just seen something that I still have difficulty in believing, despite…


Italian Alps

A long walk in the Alps

Lone wolf by Adam WeymouthFor me, Adam Weymouth’s Lone Wolf is all…


Fungi of Saskatchewan

Biodiversity finance: does it add up?

Will putting a price on biodiversity help nature conservation? Some delegates…


Pigeons on a tiled roof

Poisoning pigeons in the park

If you are my age, you may have fond memories of Tom Lehrer’s darkly humorous…


Vulture trouble

Farmers in the Aveyron, southern France, claim that livestock is being killed…


Rewilding. Fauna, farmers and flocks: can they live together?

Talk given at the Festival of Transhumance, in Santa Eulàlia de Puig-Oriol,…


goats in a corral

An extraordinary transhumance

Arriving in Santa Eulàlia de Puig-Oriol, the first thing I hear when I open the…


Rewilding is about people

Context is king. To understand attitudes towards rewilding, it is not enough to…