Farmer fined in vole case
Farmer fined in vole case
- 2002
- English Nature Press Release (EN/02/61) 18 November 2002, (3) .
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
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
COUNTRYSIDE AND RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 2000
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
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
COUNTRYSIDE AND RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 2000