restoration

"Energy officials will begin assessing the consequences and restoration work as soon as the security situation permits," it said in a statement.

The team hopes to then build a stronger picture of the snail's current UK range, and identify how habitat restoration, pollution management and the careful movement of snails between sites can help recover their numbers.

SoCalGas has not publicly shared a threshold it needs to establish before restoration, but in a statement said it is still “closely monitoring the land movement and its gas infrastructure.”

Authorities are apathetic to their preservation, so his organisation is engaging directly with people, offering pro-bono repair and restoration consultancies to prevent them from giving away their properties to builders for redevelopment.

The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Mississippi, which has just been sold, will get a restoration and be open to the public.