Cattle help bring endangered butterfly back from brink

Cattle have helped boost numbers of the globally endangered large blue butterfly.

Olivia Midgley
Editorial Director
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Cattle help bring endangered butterfly back from brink

Cattle have helped boost numbers of the globally endangered large blue butterfly. The species was last recorded at Minchinhampton and Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire, 150 years ago and was declared...

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