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Environmental Issues

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What animals are protected by law?

  • badgers and their setts

  • bats and their roost sites

  • common lizards

  • great crested newts

  • grass snakes

  • otters

  • slow worms

  • water voles

We cannot treat any protected animals as pests.

Further information on protected animals can be found on the Natural England website.