Roe Deer are: “excellent bio-indicators and sentinels of environmental contamination.
Because of their extremely rapid and efficient deposition of minerals in
bone, they are recognised as important sources of data in respect of heavy
metal and radioactive isotope accumulation. Given the nature of the
industrial work at Sellafield, the regular sampling of deer bone and liver
tissue might be an attractive prospect for those responsible for
environmental monitoring at the site.”
Maybe this is what nuclear enthusiast George Monbiot has in mind when he talks of "re-wilding" ?
more info here:
Deer and Children - Sellafield's Sacrificial Canaries
http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/deer-and-children-sellafields-sacrificial-canaries/
Beatrix Potter's Evil Masterplan?
http://wildar4.wix.com/radiation-free-land#!podium-4---marianne-birkby-/c222d
Note: Sellafield isn't actually a nuclear power station - it is a vile reprocessing plant i.e. uses loads of fossil fuel and fresh water to make and cool ever more dangerous waste from separating uranium and plutonium from spent fuel - bonkers.
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