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Large Mammal Problem #31
Paul Richards
17 Feb 2026
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![Morag the conservationist is driving her pickup truck with Phil the beaver and Gary the bear as passengers. Morag: The girls could be anywhere! Phil: No. The squirrels saw them go into the building site. M: Why would they go there? P: Malign influence of social media... We always kept Sasha off it. [side-eyeing Gary] If only all parents did the same. Gary [looking cross]: Who let these people build a datacentre in a nature reserve anyway? M looks somehow cross and embarrassed, G and P stare at her shocked. M: It's very easy being a critic isn't it?... But when you're in the arena, trying to create a Rewilding Zone, you gotta confront the realities of power. Red tape. Opposition. Farmers. NIMBYs. And then you meet a billionaire who offers to fix it all... [exterior view: the truck rolling along a wooded lane towards a huge scaffolded structure] ... if you endorse his dodgy planning application.](https://large-mammal-problem.ghost.io/content/images/2026/02/lmp31.jpg)