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Rare crayfish species saved from drying beck

A previously unknown population of critically endangered crayfish has been rescued from a drying watercourse in West Yorkshire.
Scott Davies, from Burley in Wharfedale, alerted the Environment Agency after spotting the native white-clawed crayfish struggling in a section of a nearby beck, affected by ongoing drought conditions.

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