Jack Wootton | Forgotten Fish Project (05:36)
Off the Leash
English - August 11, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.87 MBNature Science environment campaigning. wildlife animal welfare animal protection animal rights politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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‘Guests Off the Leash’ are short standalone audio comments and statements (‘shortcasts’) from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here!
A shortcast with Jack Wootton, the founder of the Forgotten Fish Project, which to quote from their website “focuses on a forgotten species that once played an amazingly integral role in our freshwater ecosystems". That forgotten species - the European Eel - was once abundant but is now - amazingly - Critically Endangered, one step away from extinction...