Let’s make Britain wild again and find ourselves in nature | George Monbiot
by George Monbiot from on (#EHKW)
Rewilding - the mass restoration of ecosystems - can heal not only the living world, but much that is missing in our own lives
When the robin was voted the UK's national bird last month, we chose to celebrate half of a broken relationship. The robin evolved to make use of wild boar, preying on the worms and insects exposed by their grubbing. It is to the boar what the oxpecker is to the Cape buffalo. But boar are mostly absent from the UK, so the robin's survival depends on finding the next best thing: human gardeners. You and I are just fake pigs.
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