A building firm that carried out demolition work at a site known to be inhabited by bats has been handed a £600,000 fine, the largest ever issued by a Court for a wildlife crime.
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Lawyers have warned High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd might be felling trees illegally, after an ecology report found evidence of the Western barbastelle, one of the UK’s rarest bat species, in an area of ancient woodland being cleared for the high-speed rail line.
Courtesy of Arial Ng.
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