England's Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs is pursuing a frivoulous case against a local Norfolk council over the accidental poisoning of two hedgehods.Three years ago, a 97-year-old woman reported that her home was overrun by rates. The local council sent an exterminator to her home to lay down rat poison. Two hedgehogs were later found dead, purportedly by ingesting the rat poison. DEFRA has pursued the case against the Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk and the exterminator for three years despite the RSPCA, the Health and Safety Executive, and the police, all dropping it.
The council expects to pay over $40,000 to defend itself in the case, and the Government's cost of the trial alone will run at over $1,000 per hour. Read more details here.
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