Lewes: Backpacks worn by dogs used to help seed nature reserve

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Lewes: Backpacks worn by dogs used to help seed nature reserve
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The dogs wear satchels with seeds in them, which are scattered as the dogs walk about.

The specially designed pouches sprinkle wildflower seeds as the dogs sniff about on their daily walks.

Project manager Dylan Walker said the dogs covered four times the distance that a human does and visited areas of the nature reserve which are harder to reach. “If we went back 1,000 years we would have seen wolves and possibly bears roaming the landscape, there might have been bison, wild boar, wild horses. They all had a positive impact on the eco system.

“We thought, what if we worked with our dog walkers and dogs to regenerate the reserve? Wolves and other animals would carry seeds from grasses and flowers on their fur from a completely different place.

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