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An ancient breed of pigs are creating healthy wetland areas for wildlife by chomping on a problem plant.

Iron age pigs are a hybrid of wild boar and domestic pigs and are close to the pigs represented in prehistoric cave paintings. They are currently helping us manage a non native invasive plant species, crassula helmsii - also known as New Zealand pigmyweed โ€“ at our Lilbourne Meadows reserve in Northamptonshire.

The reserve is still being created but part of the site has recently opened to the public with a new path accessible on foot by visitors.

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[โ€“] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's nice of them.