Hungry snails eat Herefordshire council's public notices

They might not be the most obviously dangerous species in Britain, but it seems snails have been threatening local democracy and events in one Herefordshire village. 

Councillors at a recent meeting of Marden Parish Council heard from a local during their regular public session that snails had eaten the council's paper notices, which had been pinned to one of the council's notice boards. 

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Parish noticeboards are generally used to display information on council meetings, including agendas, and other local events. 

The chair told the meeting that the council will laminate all notices posted to this board in the future.

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Paper might not be the ideal diet for snails, but the Marden noticeboard is far from the first paper target to suffer their onslaught.

Earlier this summer, the BBC reported that a postbox had been taken out of action in Northumberland because snails keep eating the letters posted in it.

Paper appears to be attractive to snails because of the cellulose it contains, as well as calcium, Northumberland Wildlife Trust's Duncan Hutt told the BBC.