‘Man’s best friend’ is becoming an ally of nature too thanks to a novel rewilding project in southern England.
Dogs wear leaky backpacks full of wildflower seeds as they roam a site just outside Lewes. They ‘mimic’ an ecological role that wolves vacated after humans drove them to extinction in the 18th century.
Wolves unwittingly collected seeds in their fur and deposited them all over the UK, creating new colonies of plants. Now Lewes’ dogs are doing the same. This is thanks to an initiative run by the Railway Land Wildlife Trust and the Wilderlife rewilding platform.
The idea is believed to have started in Chile, where people used dogs to disperse seeds following devastating wildfires. Dogs can cover larger distance than their owners and often explore areas that are hard for humans to reach.
Project manager Dylan Walker said: “This has been such a joyous experience. Dog walkers often get bad press when walking in the countryside, so we’re so pleased to tell a story in which dogs and their owners are the stars.”
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Did you know?
In computing, a “Seed” is actually a real thing—it’s the initial value used to start a process or generate random data.