Hazel dormice reintroduction scheme reaches milestone of 1,000 animals released
Hazel dormice reintroduction scheme reaches milestone of 1,000 animals released

A thousand hazel dormice have now been reintroduced into woodland sites in the UK in efforts to save the tiny threatened mammals, conservationists said.The conservation milestone, in a national reintroduction programme which has been running since 1993, has been reached with the release of 30 dormice in a woodland in Lancashire.