Executive to ban foreign species from Scotland
16th Nov 2006, 12:40 GMT
ANYONE releasing "alien and invasive" species of plants and animals - including wild boar and one particular type of rhododendron - would face up to two years in jail under a crackdown outlined yesterday.
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