大象传媒

Water voles are disappearing because of damage to their habitats. Water voles are small, brown, furry mammals. They live in holes or burrows in the river bank. Water voles need river banks to burrow in and they need vegetation for food as well as a place to hide from predators in. One of the main reasons for their disappearance is habitat damage. In many places, the river banks are being reinforced by concrete. On farmland, cattle trample the banks and graze on the vegetation. Habitats are very fragile. Everything has its own balance and we need to try to maintain this balance.