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Farmer fined in vole case

Series: English Nature Press Release ; (EN/02/61) 18 November 2002, (3)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: A farmer has pleaded guilty to recklessly destroying shelter for endangered water voles on a drainage ditch running across his Wiltshire farm, in a landmark case under the amended Wildlife and Countryside Act. The farmer had ignored Environment Agency guidelines during work to widen a water course. He was fined £750 by a local magistrate. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=431
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A farmer has pleaded guilty to recklessly destroying shelter for endangered water voles on a drainage ditch running across his Wiltshire farm, in a landmark case under the amended Wildlife and Countryside Act. The farmer had ignored Environment Agency guidelines during work to widen a water course. He was fined £750 by a local magistrate. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=431