内容摘要：Brineura is the only approved treatment that slows the condition's progress.

Brineura is the only approved treatment that slows the condition's progress.

But residents who had used the site, on an island in the River Thames at Henley, have criticised the plans, and a petition against its closure received more than 2,000 signatures.The EA said the site had only been enjoyed by a "limited" number of people and wanted to encourage a more "inclusive approach" to allow everyone to stay.

People could previously purchase licences from the government body to become seasonal plot-holders at the site.The Environment Agency is now planning to let the site out to a third party and will put its management out to tender early next year.It said previous licence-holders would be able to apply.

Campaigners said the plans jeopardised the island's history and raised questions about safety for new visitors, and parking access.Danny Prior, whose family has been camping on the island since the 1950s, described the site as "unique".

"There are camping structures that have been there for 50 or 60 years," he continued.

"We're horrified that it would be considered suitable for commercial development."Otters are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198, and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

It is a criminal offence to wilfully kill, injure, capture or disturb otters except under licence.Dave Webb, founder of the trust, said of the find in Shropshire: "We sincerely hope that someone has information on this or even has CCTV footage from the area that can be passed to the wildlife crime officers investigating this rural crime."

He added: "Although we’ve unfortunately been called out to some strange and upsetting circumstances in the past, this feels like a new low."This seems to be a planned act of unprecedented cruelty and we will do everything we can to bring the people responsible for this act to justice."