Dormouse Rescue as Numbers Decline 51%
Channel: Wildwood Kent
Date: 20/11/2019

Wildwood Keeper Karen Toller is interviewed live on TV showing how she helped  rescue little Sid the dormouse from certain death and has nursed him back to health.  Karen is part of the Wildwood Trust team that helps rescue dormice and then enter Britain's biggest dormouse breeding programme for introduction to parts of the UK where they have become extinct. The latest research from PTES (People's Trust for Endangered Species) has show dormice numbers have dropped 51% since 2000 and urgent action is needed to create new natural habitats, including hedgerows and woodland to protect species from further decline and extinction.