As "trading standards officers began an investigation into the incident, new figures revealed that 23 dogs and cats died last year after digesting the substance".
I'm not sure what the question regarding artificial grass is, but I can answer regarding slug pellets. Slug pellets do not harm plants and I have not seen any harmful effects to any creature other than slugs and garden snails. If you remove any pots, stones or other things that slugs can hide under, you should be able to reduce their population. However, those things add a lot of decoration to our gardens and you might want to just put down the slug bait.
kill them
Slug pellets or salt.
Slug pellets and hedgehogs but not together.
don't believe any such item as 58 cal. black powder pellets. but, there is a 58 cal. slug for the 58 cal. black powder rifle
It would depend on the severity of the injury. You should bring your animal to a veterinarian if at all possible.
Slugs are not poisonous to chicken or poultry in general. Slug pellets which are used to kill slugs are poisonous to chickens.
Yes, slug pellets kill slugs even though there are two more humane methods. Slugs cannot crawl over, and will retreat from, garden plots surrounded by fine sharp gravel or a ring of sand. Slugs will not cross over the line made by adhesive copper tape stuck around the pot or tub holder in a band.
hell no
In asking this question it depends because there are many places a slug lives. For example if the slug lived in the forest or garden it will share it with a worm.
Hedgehogs enemies contain wolves, badgers and foxes, however humans are also on the list as we kill many hedgehogs with cars and poisons such as pesticides and slug pellets.
Just like a slug or snail it dry up their skin.