Populations of native white-clawed crayfish in danger of being wiped out are being rescued in Environment Agency operations in West Yorkshire.
Biodiversity specialists have carefully planned rescues after the invasive American Signal crayfish and a disease it carries – crayfish plague – are moving through parts of the River Aire catchment.
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