The New Zealand government recently okayed a move to relocate a population of 250 rare native snails, which were holding up the development of a coalmine.
State-owned mining company Solid Energy was given permission to shift the Powelliphanta augustus snails from their home on Mount Augustus in South Island
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/snail-s-place
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/new-zealand
