Activists Use Folklore to Inspire Conservation Effort to Resurrect a Ghost of England’s Past

According to the reporter Amelia Hill, residents of southwest England used to be able to pay their land rent with their catch of European eel. She continues: songs were sung about the eel, lanes and canals and beaches were named after the eel; but those days are nearly gone. With eel populations down 99% in […]
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