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A previously unknown population of critically endangered native white-clawed crayfish has been rescued from dry riverbeds in Leeds.

The Environment Agency’s fisheries team carried out the emergency rescue after a member of the public reported seeing crayfish in distress in the Burley in Wharfedale watercourse.

Water levels were critically low due to ongoing drought in Yorkshire. When the team arrived, they found shallow pools separated by dry stretches of riverbed.

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