Numbers of the British vole - which inspired Ratty's character in the children's classic The Wind in the Willows - have plunged from seven million to less than a million in a decade.

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The children's section offers family favourites such as Wind in the Willows and Treasure Island.

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The Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has accused people opposed to the cull of being seized by a "Wind in the Willows sentimentality".

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