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Devon teenagers launch Wild Pets project to help children breed and release harvest mice
Overview
Two teenage conservationists in Devon, Eva and Emily, have launched the Wild Pets project to recruit 20 children aged eight to 13 to breed endangered British harvest mice at home before releasing them into the wild.
Key points
- Eva and Emily previously released 250 harvest mice into a nature reserve near Tiverton, Devon, last year.
- The Wild Pets project aims to recruit 20 children from Devon to breed harvest mice at home and release them next year.
- Children aged eight to 13 can apply by submitting a short video and a written piece detailing their environmental efforts.
- Naturalist Chris Packham previously praised the Wild Pets initiative on Springwatch as a 'truly sensational' idea.