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Geese, foxes and elephants
Rambling around some interesting news stories from the natural world with PETER FROST

 

I’M writing this on the first day of winter at about half past three in the afternoon. It’s twilight and it is chilly, damp and almost dark. 

High overhead I hear the honking sound of a skein of geese heading home to the safety of the ancient canal reservoir that is the centre of the large country park close to my home.

Jacob Rees-Mogg is keen on hunting
Cher has financed the release of the only Asian elephant in Pakistan
The 95th Anniversary Appeal
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