The main law applying to the management of wild birds is the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Once captured, they should, according to the 1981 Countryside Act, be humanely destroyed.

Both activities are illegal as the plant is protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.

At present, 93 plants and 88 animals fall under the protection of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Since the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it has been illegal to release the species except where already established.

These areas were later renotified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in 1986, 1984 and 1985 respectively.

These 'bat caves' have been given legal protection under the Countryside Act (1981).

The 1949 Countryside Act created the concept of designated open Country, where access agreements were negotiated with landowners.

These were eventually embodied in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949.

It is also listed in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which requires anyone wishing to trade the species to have a licence.