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Welcome to Wildlife Matters, where we explore the incredible world of wildlife and nature. Join your host Nigel Palmer, a lifelong nature lover and expert with over 30 years experience of working with wildlife, as he takes you on an adventure into the fascinating complexities of the natural world. Through solo shows and engaging interviews, we deep dive into topics such as Animal behaviour, ecology of species, plants, biodiversity, and habitat loss, we will take you on engaging wildlife and ...
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Elephant paintings by elephants has become a very controversial subject amongst conservation activists. Are elephant paintings what they appear to be? Learn the truth about the plight of the elephants and how their paintings are actually beneficial.
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Listen to the latest audio from Answers Magazine.
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Hoodoo Cast is a podcast for authentic Hoodoo, which is Akan Ancestral Religion in North america. Hoodoo is not an “amalgamation of various African traditions” combined with pseudo-native americanism and/or european pseudo-occultism. Hoodoo is specifically the Ancestral Religion of Akan people from the region of contemporary Ghana and Ivory Coast, West Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa), preserved in our spiri-genetic blood-circles for over 300 years in North America. Spiritual cultivation, our ca ...
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We are talking to Natalia Doran on this week’s Wildlife Matters Podcast. Natalia founded Urban Squirrels, a London-based specialist grey squirrel rescue and is also an advocate for wildlife, being on the council of Animal Aid, a trustee of Farplace Animal Rescue and the academic charity Pan-Orthodox Concern for Animals. The Grey Squirrel, a cherish…
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Join Wildlife Matters as we spend a night with the Pine Martens Hello, and a big warm welcome to this week's Wildlife Matters. I’m your host, Nigel Palmer, and we have a real treat for you today. But it’s not the Q&A you may have been expecting - that has been put back slightly while we finalise the production. Today, we are offering a unique oppor…
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Wildlife Care Badge - Self Regulation for Wildlife Rescues or Rehabbers
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On this week's Wildlife Matters podcast, we have a feature-length chat with Alana, the co-founder of the Wildlife Care Badge. Wildlife Care Badge was set up by a collective of vet professionals, wildlife professionals, and wildlife rescues/rehabbers, who have united to develop some self-regulation for UK wildlife rescues/rehabbers. We have launched…
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The Bloody Ivory Trade We have had a very wet winter here in the UK, but now the signs of spring are all around. With its many shades of green and the bluebells currently carpeting our woodlands, the birds are nesting, and the dawn chorus is loud and genuinely a beautiful cacophony. I’ve been leading nightingale walks in our local woodlands and fol…
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UK River Pollution Why are our Rivers dying?
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Hello and welcome to this week’s Wildlife Matters Podcast. I’m your host, Nigel Palmer. It’s Springtime here in the UK, and nature is bursting back into life. There are so many shades of green - and every shade is so fresh and vibrant. The birds are in full song, and the buds have burst into blossom. And we are at the start of Series Four. It has b…
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Trophy Hunting - The Illusion of Conservation
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This week's Wildlife Matters Podcast concludes Season Three with a feature on international wildlife. Wildlife Matters Investigates returns to expose the Trophy Hunting trade, Trophy Hunting - in An Illusion of Conservation, and we call out all their claims that Trophy Hunting is good for the local economy and tourism and even that it is good for a…
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All About Hedgehogs with Deborah from Hedgepigs
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Hello, and welcome to the Wildlife Matters podcast. On today’s action-packed show, we are talking to Deborah from the Hedgepigs. A dedicated hedgehog rescue based in the East Midlands, we will find out how a hedgehog rescue works behind the scenes, how to attract and support hedgehogs in your garden, and why they are doing better in urban areas tha…
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Amphibians, Reptiles and Toad Patrols and Valentine Special Love in the wildlife world
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On today’s action-packed Wildlife Matters Podcast, we are talking to Maiya from the Nottingham Amphibian and Reptile group, finding out about our native amphibians and reptiles and why toad patrols are so important. And, of course, today is St Valentine’s Day, so Wildlife Matters looks into the bizarre world of courting and mating in wildlife aroun…
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A Night with Pine Martens and a Wildflower Woodland Walk
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Today, on the Wildlife Matters Podcast, join me for a walk through a wild meadow on the edge of woodland as we look at some of the plants that thrive in a meadow environment, some of the traditional uses in herbal medicine, and the folklore surrounding them. Then, we spend a night with Pine Martens in Southern Scotland. Pine Marten populations are …
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Today, on the Wildlife Matters Podcast, join me for a walk through a wild meadow on the edge of woodland as we look at some of the plants that thrive in a meadow environment, some of the traditional uses in herbal medicine, and the folklore surrounding them. Then, we spend a night with Pine Martens in Southern Scotland. Pine Marten populations are …
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Why is the British govt still killing badgers?
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WHY is the question on this week's Wildlife Matters podcast? Why are the British government still killing Badgers when the science and available evidence show that the issue of BovineTB is in dairy cows and, more specifically, intensively farmed dairy cows? In Wildlife Matters Investigates, we ask WHY we still wear fur today. And we have some surpr…
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Hoglets - All about baby Hedgehogs and Why lion cub petting is so wrong
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On today’s Wildlife Matters podcast, we will be talking about hoglets young hedgehogs and in Wildlife Matters Investigates we look at Lion cub petting and why it is wrong. This week, nature News is close to our hearts as we cover the story of the government's plans to protect the UK’s temperate rainforest, a habitat that is so rare and under consta…
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Christmas Special Hedgehogs in Folklore and The Fox and the Puzzle Hall
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It's Christmas! Hello and welcome to the Wildlife Matters Christmas Special We have passed Winter Solstice, and the Yule log keeps the house warm, and Santa is on his way... What better way to spend Christmas Eve than to sit down and listen to a magical story based on wildlife and nature? That is precisely what we have for you today. First, get rea…
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Why woodlands are so good for our well-being and Where have all the Raptors Gone?
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Welcome to the Wildlife Matters Podcast. Today is our 1st-anniversary edition. Just a year ago, we launched with a passion for wildlife and a burning desire to highlight the good, the bad and the downright ugly things happening to wildlife and the natural world. Our vision was to build a community of caring and compassionate campaigners to end the …
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Why we are Backing the Hunting Ban and Exposing Japan's Taiji Cove
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Welcome to today's episode of the Wildlife Matters Podcast. In this episode, we will discuss our stance on hunting with dogs in England and Wales and explain why we support a complete ban on this practice. Additionally, we will talk about our efforts to strengthen the Hunting Act. Our investigative team has also uncovered the disturbing truth about…
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WM What do Hedgehogs eat? Incredible ways Wildlife adapts to Winter
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So what do Hedgehogs eat? We all love our spiky mammalian cousins, but do they eat slugs and snails or fish catfood - Join us as we find out the best food for wild hedgehogs. And we take another nature adventure to discover how Britain's wildlife adapts to winter. Add in the very latest Nature News and spend some precious time in nature with us in …
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British Governments Broken promises on Nature, Climate and the Environment
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In this week's Wildlife Matters Podcast, join me for an autumn walk on the edge of the South Downs as we find some of the winter visitors that arrive at this time of year to feast on our autumnal abundance of food. Join us and take some time out in Nature with Mindful Moments, and following the King's Speech this week, we explain the British Govern…
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Val Green One Voice for Animals Interview and The story of the Winter Moth
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In this week's #WildlifeMatters #Podcast, we chat with Val Green MBE, the founder of One Voice for Animals UK and discover the fascinating life of the Winter Moth One Voice for Animals UK www.helpanimals.co.uk For more information please visit our website www.wildlife-matters.org Get in touch hello@wildlife-matters.org…
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Wild Thing - A chat with Lucy Steele Founder of Wild Things Rescue
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Welcome to Season 3 of the Wildlife Matters Podcast. We are delighted to announce our new partnership to raise awareness of animal welfare in the UK with the fabulous folk at One Voice for Animals. One Voice for Animals website is www.helpanimals.co.uk We begin by speaking to the remarkable Lucy Steel, founder of Wild Things Rescue in Lincolnshire …
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Bonus Episode Autumn Folklore The Story of Mabon and Why the leaves turn red
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An Autumn Equinox Special Nature folklore and storytellingBy Nigel Palmer
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Fox Hunting - The Facts and why it is banned and Its Small Pet Awareness Week 2023
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In this week's Wildlife Matters Podcast, we give a very personal explanation of Fox Hunting and why we so passionately oppose it. It's Small Pet Rodent Awareness Week from 18-24 September and Lyndsey from Greatfields Small Animal Rescue tells us why it's so important for the animals. We have all the very latest updates from the Badger Cull Zones in…
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Stag Hunting in Britain and Grouse Moor Conservation - Can we believe them?
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This week's Wildlife Matters Podcast discusses Deer Hunting that still continues in the West Country of England and how Stag hunters have been evading the law. In Wildlife Matters Investigates we return to the upland moors of Northern England and ask the question; Grouse Moor conservation - Can we believe them? Please support us to help us continue…
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HOODOO CAST - Episode 7: Race and Hoodoo - Etymology of Black, Race, African, Akan and America
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HOODOO CAST - Episode 7: Race and Hoodoo - Etymology and Cosmology of Black, Race, African, Akan and America HOODOO CAST: Podcast for Authentic Hoodoo - Akan Ancestral Religion in North America In this special solo episode Odwirafo examines the reality that Hoodoo as Akan Ancestral Religion is open to Black people exclusively. Any non-Black individ…
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Trail Hunting Myths and Game Shooting or Shame Shooting?
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This week's #WildlifeMatters #Podcast explains the myths and deception of Trail Hunting, which was created in 2004 in an attempt to carry on blood hunting despite the Hunting Act. In #WildlifeMatters #Investigates #Podcast we look at Britain's Game shooting industry and ask if it is Game Shooting or Shame Shooting.…
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Blood on the Moors - The Inglorious 12th and Grouse Moor Shooting - What's it all About?
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This week's Wildlife Matters Podcast is in the uplands at the start of the Grouse Shooting season on The Inglorious 12th with our feature story Blood on the Moors and there will be this Saturday. In Wildlife Matters investigations we expose the farce of grouse shooting estates claiming large subsidies for conservation grants as they destroy our nat…
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Britain's Wild Summer Visitors and Cubbing, Autumn Hunting or Hound Exercise - Its all the Same cruel thing
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In this week's Wildlife Matters Matters Podcast, join us as we search for Britain's wild summer visitors, from Puffins and Orcas to Hawk moths and Cuckoos. This week's Wildlife Matters Investigates exposes the vile and cruel Hunters who hunt this year's baby fox cubs. They call it Hound exercise, We call it illegal, and we want it stopped - forever…
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Summer Wildflower Walk and Prison Grove - The reality for captive cetaceans
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This week on the Wildlife Matters #podcast, join us for a summer wildflower walk and see what fascinating wildflowers we discover. In #WildlifeMattersInvestigates, we tell the story of captive cetaceans in our Prison Grove campaign, and we bring you news of Dolphin Mum and baby communication in Nature News and spend a few precious moments together …
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