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Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Christopher Price, Rare Breeds Survival Trust chief executive, discusses Chris Packham's comments that sheep are destroying precious British habitats, including large parts of Dartmoor

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Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Chris Packham oversimplifies the causes of environmental degradation on Dartmoor by blaming sheep numbers alone, in The Guardian on July 15. While grazing pressure does impact habitats, the issue is...

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