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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2025 · 5 MIN

Can engaging with wildlife take a step too far sometimes?

from Newstalk Breakfast

People taking selfies with puffins on Saltee Islands or feeding the deer in Phoenix Park need to keep their distance or risk causing unintentional harm to wildlife.  That’s according to Richard Nairn, Ecologist and author of Future Wild.

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Can engaging with wildlife take a step too far sometimes?

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People taking selfies with puffins on Saltee Islands or feeding the deer in Phoenix Park need to keep their distance or risk causing unintentional harm to wildlife.  That’s according to Richard Nairn, Ecologist and author of Future Wild.

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