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At the Edge

by Peter Cairns

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Across the UK, sea eagles, beavers, wildcats and wild boar are all staging a comeback. Calls for the return of lynx grow louder each year. But as wildlife rebounds, it’s confronted by a society that has long forgotten how to live alongside wild nature – and isn’t sure it wants to try. Join Peter Cairns, host of At the Edge, as he explores the fault lines that divide opinion over nature’s place in our future.