NOTICE ISSUED BY: Official Verderer, Lord Manners, Verderers of the New Forest, The Queen’s House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7NH
Telephone: 023 8028 2052 E-mail: enquiries@verderers.org.uk
THE FOREST AND THE DROUGHT – JULY 2018
WATER
We understand that residents are becoming worried about a possible lack of water for the Forest animals in this unusually prolonged period without rain.
We would like to assure everyone that the animals DO know where to find water. It is actually rarely far away, even if some of the usual watering holes have dried up.
Putting out water in buckets and other receptacles for the animals is very counterproductive and dangerous and we ask Forest residents not to do it.
A story was related to our office last week which shows exactly why putting out water is not a good idea….
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