{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/6",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Animals which may not be Killed or Taken by Certain Methods",
  "text": "Common name\nScientific name\nBadger\nMeles meles\nBats, Horseshoe (all species)\nRinolophidae\nBats, Typical (all species)\nVespertilionidae\nCat, Wild\nFelis silvestris\nDolphin, Bottle-nosed\nTursiops truncatus (otherwise known as Tursiops tursio)\nDolphin, Common\nDelphinis delphis\nDormice (all species)\nGliridae\nHedgehog\nErinaceus europaeus\nMarten, Pine\nMartes martes\nOtter, Common\nLutra lutra\nPolecat\nMustela putorius\nPorpoise, Harbour (otherwise known as Common porpoise)\nPhocaena phocaena\nShrews (all species)\nSoricidae\nSquirrel, Red\nSciurus vulgaris\nNote. The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entries in Sch. 6 repealed (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6) , ss. 19 , 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279 , art. 2(1)(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}