Editing Common slow worm (section)

==Protected status in the UK==
In the United Kingdom, the slow worm has been granted [[Conservation status|protected status]], alongside all other native [[British reptile species]]. The slow worm population has been declining, and under the [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]], to intentionally kill, injure, sell, or advertise to sell them is illegal.<ref name="Wildlife">{{cite web |title=Slow worm {{!}} The Wildlife Trusts |url=https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/reptiles/slow-worm |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=www.wildlifetrusts.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/281.shtml| title=BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Slow worm | publisher=BBC |access-date=2007-05-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070504002435/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/281.shtml| archive-date= 4 May 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69 |title=Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=20 September 2015 }}</ref>