{"product_id":"groundbreakers-9781399423991","title":"Groundbreakers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''One of the most notable works of recent nature writing.'' \u003cb\u003eHELEN MACDONALD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter centuries of absence, wild boar are back in Britain. What does this mean for us  and them?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig, messy and mysterious  crossing paths with a wild boar can conjure fear and joy in equal measure. Driven to extinction seven hundred years ago, a combination of the species' own tenacity and illegal releases from the 1980s has seen several populations of this beast of myth begin to roam English and Scottish woods once more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith growing worry over the impacts on people and the countryside, the boar's right to exist in Britain has been heavily debated. Their habitat-regenerating actions benefit a host of other wildlife, yet unlike beavers, these ecosystem engineers remain unloved by many. Why is there no clamour to reintroduce them? And, with the few boar in England threatened by poaching and culling, why are we not doing more to prevent their re-extinction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGrou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039394726231,"sku":"9781399423991","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399423991.jpg?v=1750943563","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/groundbreakers-9781399423991","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}