Poll reveals overwhelming support for rewilding

James Murray
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Old Hammer Pond on the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, a pioneering rewilding estate comprising 1400 ha of former arable and dairy farm land. Credit: Marathon
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Old Hammer Pond on the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, a pioneering rewilding estate comprising 1400 ha of former arable and dairy farm land. Credit: Marathon

YouGov survey finds more than four fifths of people would support efforts to rewild more of the UK

An overwhelming majority of the public supports proposals to rewild more areas of the UK, according to a poll commissioned by the Rewilding Britain charity. A YouGov poll of 1,674 people carried out...

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