6 hours agoShareSaveSteffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales NewsClare HutchinsonBBC Wales NewsShareSaveIn south Wales, firefighters are going to primary schools to teach children from a young age about the devastating impact.At Pontnewydd Primary School in Cwmbran, staff from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Gwent Police brought along animals like snakes, hedgehogs and foxes for children to meet.Station manager Mark Bowditch said his crews saw the damage to wildlife from wildfires first-hand.”We see the death of local wildlife, we see the destruction of their habitat,” he said.”We accept that some fires can be accidental, but deliberate fire setting is a crime and that’s the message we’d like to get out.”Additional reporting by Dylan Greene.
