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Wanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in Devon

Teenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September

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Wanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in Devon

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Teenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September

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October 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM EDT to October 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM EDTLink resolvesPassed2002 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 356987 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/children-harvest-mice-wild-release-devon-uk The wording varied; every check is below.
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  • October 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 356987 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/children-harvest-mice-wild-release-devon-uk
  • October 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 357220 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/children-harvest-mice-wild-release-devon-uk
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  • October 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM EDT: the page contains the quotation, exactly
  • October 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM EDT: the page contains the quotation, exactly

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