Her land lies close to the A421 at Marston Moretaine Interchange that remains under water.

She believes National Highways “sacrificed” her land “for the sake of the road”.

The huge drainage pools on the other side of her fence had become overgrown, with trees and shrubs growing through the reeds, she says.

It is not possible to see the pipes that are meant to disperse the water because they are obscured by weeds.

After these pools overflowed and flooded the neighbouring land in January, contractors were sent to find out why.

They told local residents that some of the pipes that take the water away were so silted up they could not even get a camera through to check them, and others had not been connected properly, so did not work.

Ms Johnson said she has asked the highways agency to do something about the issue.

“They knew there were animals here but they didn’t care,” Ms Johnson added.

“They must have known the volume of water they were pumping off and what it would do, and they did it anyway.

“I have lost everything. My animals survived, but without anywhere safe to keep them, the local council says I must now re-home them.”

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