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Countryside News for 29 April 2008

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Spring show for Shetland ponies

Apr 29 2008

THE South and West Wales Shetland Pony Group are holding their Spring Show at Coombe Park stables, Peniel, Carmarthen, on Saturday, May 3....

Wonderwool show – report

Apr 29 2008

A NEW use for wool that could energise the stagnant market for fleeces is being blocked by red tape....

Badger culling’s out on Trust land

Apr 29 2008

CONSERVATIONISTS at the National Trust plan to scupper the badger cull in Wales....

Oak pathways help salmon

Apr 29 2008

SALMON and sewin entering Welsh rivers on their spring run his year will find new stretches of river open to them for spawning thanks to new fish passes constructed from sustainable Welsh oak....

Butterflies lashed by the rain

Apr 29 2008

BRITAIN’S butterflies suffered their worst year for more than a quarter of a century after a rain-soaked summer last year....

Open day shows fine wool breed’s potential

Apr 29 2008

A pair of photogenic sheep at Wonderwool have been the public face of an Adas project. The aim of the project, which started in October 2004, is to assess the practicality and financial benefits of keeping a fine wool breed in the high rainfall of the Welsh uplands....