East Lothian pupils beaver away to learn about wildlife
They hopped on board the ‘Wild about Scotland’ bus to take part in a variety of sessions which focused on native species and their habitats.
The programme, developed by the Royal Zoological Society for Scotland, has been made possible through a partnership between the Clydesdale Bank to support the charity in its conservation work in Scotland.
The tour visited schools in East Lothian as part of a wider campaign being brought to all of Scotland’s 32 local councils. It’s the second time the bus has visited the county, having already been to Whitecraig Primary in September last year.
This time the bus stopped at East Linton and Stenton Primary Schools.
Chris West, Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said: “Conservation through education is one of the founding principles behind the Society and remains one of our key goals to this day. Our mobile education bus has had a huge impact across the length and breadth of Scotland, carrying out a large number of pit stops in East Lothian.
“It is vital that we reach out to teach young people about conservation work and the species on their own doorstep. This outreach project makes up a significant part of RZSS’s work and we hope to continue with this, and other similar projects, for the foreseeable future.”
Smart, smart, smart. More than 11000 people have toured Wild Scotand on the bank-funded shuttle. I only wish Martinez had been half as intelligent. Let’s say with the John Muir Bank funding the County Connection bus to have school children from San Francisco visit beavers. But I guess that’s pretty impractical, what with our always cutting off our noses to spite our face and all.
Beavers were all over this weekend, making a guest appearance on the John Oliver discussion of the Canadian election, and a guest spot on SNL. Apparently the fun-lovin’ writers at Saturday Night Live can’t tell the difference between a lodge and a dam either! Big surprise.
