Breeding like, er, rabbits
Otters are up, dormice are down, and rabbits are running rampant. These are just three of the findings on British mammal populations released by the Mammal Society.
Rabbits are a species introduced to Britain by the Romans. We eventually came to think of them as natives, and exported them to Australia with disastrous consequences. More recently, animal rights lunatics released mink from fur farms into the British ecosystem, devastating our native water vole population. But there is some good news: the recovering otter population appears to be out-competing the mink, whose numbers are suddenly declining. Darwinian Natural Selection is alive and kicking in his beloved British countryside.