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Buckland

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/ ˈbʌklənd /

noun

  1. William . 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages

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Signatories to that statement included ex-justice secretary Robert Buckland, former attorney general Dominic Grieve, and Lady Cherie Blair, a human rights lawyer and wife of former prime minister Sir Tony Blair.

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Shea Buckland Jones of WWF Cymru said "Wales' reliance on imported soy" had left "a trail of destruction from the forests of Brazil to the rivers of Wales".

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Vets David Buckland and Graham Charlesworth argue that the sheep are not native to St Kilda and have undergone thousands of years of domestication, so should treated the same way as sheep on farms are.

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Mr Buckland said small numbers should be taken off Hirta each year to reduce the population.

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David Buckland and Graham Charlesworth say that on the main island of Hirta, hundreds of sheep starve to death every winter due to a lack of grazing.

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