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Photographer, naturalist, author, film-maker, webmaster, ex-chartered scientist. All photos and videos © David Element. https://www.davidelement.net/ https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPElement https://www.avalon.red/editorial?blob=at.DAVID+ELEMENT
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(so the environmental risks may be strongly suspected without empirical proof). Some vets are culpable, and they need to be better educated about over-treating their ‘patients’!
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Veterinary surgeons have been put under considerable pressure to use these products by drug manufacturers, and although there has been a recent switch to using oral tablets, the environmental impact of these has not yet been fully evaluated...
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and that 3. These treatments are lethal to aquatic invertebrates, even when massively diluted. @davegoulson.bsky.social Goulson and his team at Sussex University have been publishing some important and informative papers about this recently...
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1. They would not take medicines themselves unless they were ill, 2. That long-term exposure could be detrimental to the health of the owners and their pets, particularly if their animals are being treated topically using slow-release collars...,
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I am probably more concerned by the insidious effects of flea-treatments entering the water on a daily basis, as these can contain ivermectin and/or neonicotinoids. The best way to win this ‘battle’ is by gentle persuasion – by convincing dog-owners that...
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I am delighted to be able to report that this male Common Kingfisher has been seen today, and that none of the water-dependent birds in the small London park appear to have been impacted by the recent oil spillage into the nearby river, most of which has now been washed away.
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Thank you Rob - it was an excellent session, and this was one of many.
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Th 'Physical Graffiti' look Simon!
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Thank you Lee!
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Thank you Ralph, much appreciated!
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I do!
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And you too Valerie! I shall follow you back.