From The Times on Wednesday - Cumbria - Twenty thousand caterpillars are being released to help to revive an almost extinct breed of butterfly. The marsh fritillary has suffered in the county due to the loss of flower-rich, wet grassland. Conservationists are moving Scottish caterpillars into the Cumbrian wild to reestablish the species and prevent future decline. The butterfly is one of the most threatened species in Europe and in the UK 66 per cent of its population has been lost in the past ten years.
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