€700k support package for Fota Wildlife Park’s native species conservation efforts. Fota Wildlife park has been doing fantastic work with the NPWS for many years to give the best possible start to some of our most vulnerable species. Species like Curlew, Corncrake, Natterjack toad, Dunlin and White-clawed crayfish. The early weeks and months are crucial for the long-term success of these species, as they are easy prey for hungry predators. Young are captured in the wild, either as eggs, spawn or