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Study on gamebirds failure to breed

Study on gamebirds failure to breed

Release birds have lower breeding success than wild birds


By Selena Masson

Saturday, 06 February 2010

A new research programme is being launched by The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is launching a new research programme, which aims to discover why the breeding success rate of released pheasant hens is just 10 per cent of their wild equivalents.

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