Summary
QUESTION In the Sixties, I collected picture cards of Brooke Bond's 50 British Butterflies. How many are extinct?
CHANGING farming practices and excessive use of pesticides since World War II have resulted in the loss of many bird, mammal and insect species. The butterfly can survive only in heaths, woodland clearings, chalk downlands and the traditional permanent meadow, all of which are under threat from urban expansion.See the full content of this document
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Goodbye, Butterfly ; Answers Ro Correspondents [Scot Region]
The need for greater efficiency in farming has led to the destruction of hedgerows to accommodate larger machinery, the use of herbicides to ensure prairie-style crops are free of invasive weeds, and insecticides that do not discriminate between insects that are harmless or even beneficial and those that are destructive.
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