The water vole is a priority conservation species and is protected under the following UK and European Union (“EU”) law:
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended)
Under this legislation, water voles are protected from:
- Capturing, killing, injuring and disturbing;
- Damaging or destroying breeding/resting places;
- Obstructing access to resting places; and
- Possessing, advertising for sale, selling or transporting for sale, live or dead (part or derivative).
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