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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ellen McNally

Backpack-wearing dogs enlisted to rewild urban nature reserve in Lewes

Muddy dog wearing a backpack
The project attaches seed-filled backpacks with tiny holes to local dogs to help reseed the landscape. Photograph: Railway Land Wildlife Trust

Backpack-wearing dogs are being enlisted to “act like wolves” to help rewild an urban nature reserve in the East Sussex town of Lewes.

Before wolves were persecuted to extinction in the UK in about 1760, they were known to roam large areas, typically covering 12 miles (20km) or more each night.

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