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01 April 2009 - Hare today gone tomorrow
Badger Ales is pleased to announce that it has set up, what it believes to be, the Country’s first hare crossing in Blandford, Dorset.
The crossing will be manned from 1 April 2009 when hares are at their most active, and therefore likely to be crossing the road.
Rick Payne from Badger Ales explains, “We’re very fond of our Dorset hare population. Hares have a reputation for being mad, which of course is wrong – it is their courting antics that bring about that idea and their rather glassy eyes. A Hare’s eyes are on the side of its head, giving a wide field of vision, which makes them prone to career head long into things – this is why we have decided to sponsor a Hare Crossing. We are delighted that one of our team, James Frapwell has volunteered to patrol the crossing – a job which can be quite boring until the hares start to appear, then James will have to have his wits about him to stop them careering into him.”
James Frapwell, hare patrol man, comments; “I’m so chuffed to be helping the hares. One of the jobs I do for Badger is to help come up with names for new beers and the latest Spring beer has been called Hopping Hare – so you can imagine how pleased I am to be doing this job! We really care about the wildlife that surrounds us in Dorset, and if I can save a few hares in the next month I’ll be a very happy man. After all, deer get a sign, cows get a sign, in one village I know ducks get a sign! Now we can look after our local hares at a time of the year when they really need us.”
For more information please contact:
Contact: Rick Payne
Telephone: 01258 452141
Email: richard.payne@hall-woodhouse.co.uk
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