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Ratty stages a comeback after absence of 30 years.

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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20010814
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RATTY is on the way back from threatened extinction thanks to a remarkable programme of reintroduction in Essex. Water voles the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame s much loved literary creation Ratty in The Wind in the Willows have seen their numbers plummet across Britain. In less than 15 years they have been reduced by 90 per cent. But now the water voles are making a strong comeback with some human help. Countryside Minister Elliot Morley will today visit Lodge Farm, Brightlingsea, where careful management of 30 acres of marshland has seen water voles return to eight out of ...

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