Jenny Edwards CBE
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Jenny Edwards CBE
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Personal capacity. Chair People's Health Trust, Trustee Affinity Trust. Fellow Fac Public Health. Mental Health, Arts, Learning Disability, Health Inequalities, Mindfulness, Peace, Nature Connection, Swans. Studied Archaeology & Anthropology. Typos galore
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My daily herptile on Wednesday - the Golden toad (Incilius periglenes) - is my pick for #LostSpeciesDay
Please repost with your own choice of extinct or endangered species.

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🐸Golden toad (Incilius periglenes).

Max. size for males 48 mm (1.9"), for females 56 mm (2.2")

Was found in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica. Its range was 0.5-8 km² (0.19-3.1 square miles).

Last seen in 1989.

Considered Extinct by the IUCN.

📷by Wikiimages on Pixabay
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Losing your job thar has given you not only your income but sense of worth & social network is so sampling to health & wellbeing. What % will join the poor health unemployed group the Government is attacking?
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Baroness Freeman withdrew am. 246 on bird-safe glass after the Government said it would look at possible targeted measures for commercial buildings.

We'll support her in holding them to this at the Third Reading...and keep fighting for a system that builds nature in, not out.❗️
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I cant believe it was 40 years ago. Still so fresh.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM