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I found a newt at school today in the playground
I work in a school and when I went outside to use my phone I saw a tiny newt on the path,my boss is taking it home as he has a lovely garden with a pond,can you buy them to keep in a pond???
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11-11-2009, 04:41 PM
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ooo bugger. I'd tell him he can be prosicuted for having moved it thop!
Baring in mind you don't know what type it was (most likely a smooth Newt but who knows) Newts are so highly protected they get more protection than the elderly!
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11-11-2009, 04:41 PM
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yeah i believe you can purchase several species of newts, some which will most rpobably be able to live in a pond, whether they will stay there or not is probably a different story lol.
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11-11-2009, 04:46 PM
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He says he has a licence
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11-11-2009, 04:48 PM
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Crested is fully protected. Palmate and Smooth are only protected from sale. That is all the protection newts have.
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11-11-2009, 04:49 PM
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a lisence to take newts home hmm..., if it was a great crested one id put it far away from the school, in a hedge or somewhere, i have hundreds in my pond
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11-11-2009, 04:53 PM
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yeah its the great crested newt your not allowed to move but its unlikely to have been one of them probably just a smooth newt which wont like the pond this time of year it was probably looking for somewhere to hibernate
as for buying u can't really get any native newts in the shops as they have to be 2nd or 3rd generation captive bred (i cant remember which) and to keep a non native outside requires a fully escape proof enclosure
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11-11-2009, 05:00 PM
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the only newt you are prohibited to touch, move or relocate in great britain is the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) but it would be very unlikely to be that.
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11-11-2009, 05:19 PM
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licence
usaully only a pond warden will have a licence or some one who helps out with conservation projects, it was most likley to be a common newt (smooth newt) and there are know laws with toutching or moving the newt only selling them.
thanks sean.
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11-11-2009, 05:54 PM
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Yeah, i have a licence too, driving licence, firearms licence, licence to kill.
You could tell anyone you have a licence really, but i would have left it nearby rather than possibly introduce possible disease into another pond
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