French city moves protected snails one by one to make way for tramway

In a bid to limit the environmental impact of its second tramway line, the city of Brest in north-west France has begun moving a protected species of snail, "Escargot de Quimper", by hand.

They are small, protected, and in absolutely no hurry to move.

The presence of the rare Quimper Snail, whose habitat is restricted to areas of northwest France and northern Spain, has caused a major headache for developer