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Where can i get newts for a garden pond ?

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  • 19-12-2007 4:58pm
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    lucozader
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭


    I live n dublin and i have frogs in my garden pond, where can i get newts?


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,467 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    All amphibians, including frogs and newts, are protected species as defined by the Wildlife Acts of 1976 and 2000, so you can't just remove them from the wild. If they found your pond under their own steam (which is highly unlikely, as they're pretty rare here) you'd be OK though :)


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    lucozader
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭lucozader


    well where could i go to view newts in the wild and not catch them then ?


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,467 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    No idea .. I seem to remember someone here posting recently about having seen some, so do a search on this forum and you'll probably find it.


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    SuperSean11
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    Fire Bellied newts can be bought in pet shops im pretty sure. Theyre very small, Frogs might eat them:confused:


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    lucozader
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭lucozader


    yeah but i am not going to put a firebelly newt in my garden pond

    i want an irish newt


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    SuperSean11
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    lucozader wrote: »
    yeah but i am not going to put a firebelly newt in my garden pond

    i want an irish newt

    You wont get them in the shops then


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    Morganna
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Morganna


    When i was a child newts where common havent seen a newt for decades .Which is sad as they are lovely .


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    Bainne2
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    Dun Laoghaire petstore has newts


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    Arcadian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 498 ✭✭Arcadian


    lucozader wrote: »
    well where could i go to view newts in the wild and not catch them then ?

    :rolleyes:

    I think that as they are protected you should leave them well alone rather than stealing them from the wild to place in your probably unsuitable habitat just because you want them. Get some goldfish.


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    tallus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    Newlands cross used to sell firebelly newts, and they are the same size as our native newts.


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    Nanoose2
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    lucozader wrote: »
    well where could i go to view newts in the wild and not catch them then ?


    Well if you want to view newts in the wild there’s
    millions of them on Vancouver Island.
    And if want a free newt guide to help you find them –
    I’m your guy. I think newts are pretty cool and I hope you
    find some. Cheers!


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