Suspected illegal owl trade - investigation progresses in West Midlands
WDC and NWCU launch public awareness drive to counter increasing dolphin disturbance
Conviction for bat crime in Cumbria
London company fined £18,000 for illegally destroying building where protected bats roosted
Gloucester man convicted for selling African Grey Parrot
Operation EASTER 2019 ~ stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
North Yorkshire Gamekeeper found guilty for failing to check a snare which led to badger death
Thames Valley Police bat crime conviction
Five men jailed over badger baiting in Humberside
Wildlife criminal jailed for rare bird eggs importation attempt
Forensic evidence dogs trained to detect CITES related scents
Norfolk man who illegally hoarded 5,000 rare eggs jailed
Herefordshire's Poacherwatch successes
Campaigners bid for private prosecution over 'wildlife crime' at opencast site
Suspended Prison Sentence for Falcon Keeper
NWCU supports National Badger Day
Police investigating after red kite shot out of sky above Saddleworth Moor
London trader sentenced after endangered leopard and wolf fur coats seized
08 Dec 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Police in Derbyshire, assisted by officers from the National Wildlife Crime Unit and Animal and Plant Health Agency, have executed a search warrant in the Chesterfield area, which resulted in the seizure of a number live falcons. Enquiries are continuing.
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
A man has been jailed for attempting to sell elephant tusks and rhino horns. Abbas Allawi, 52, (02/02/1965) of Gisburne Way, Hertfordshire was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 9 November to 14 months’ imprisonment for offences relating to the illegal purchase, keeping for sale and selling parts of endangered species. On Monday, 19 […]
Read more → 03 Oct 2017
Posted by NWCU4
On Friday, 1 September, Peter Bailey, 65 (03.04.52) of Chale Road, Lambeth was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of six offences as follows: – four counts of keeping Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species items for sale (endangered primate skulls, leopard skulls and bear skulls); – one count of offering Convention on […]
Read more → 26 Sep 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Rural Operational Support Team (ROST) are appealing for witnesses and information after a buzzard was found seriously injured. The bird was found by a member of the public in a track leading off Ledgemore Lane, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead on Wednesday, September 6. The bird was recovered and examined by a […]
Read more → 10 Aug 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
North Yorkshire Police are investigating an incident in which men disturbed a pair of marsh harriers nesting on moorland north of Denton, near Ilkley, in Wharfedale. In May 2017 a pair of marsh harriers was discovered nesting on moorland forming part of Middleton and Denton moors near the village of Denton in North Yorkshire. The […]
Read more → 21 Jun 2017
Posted by NWCU1 A police inspector responsible for overseeing Hampshire Constabulary’s police response to rural crime has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Inspector Lou Hubble has been recognised for policing services provided to the rural communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Inspector Hubble, who has 20 years policing service with Hampshire Constabulary, […]
Read more → 22 May 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Following a joint operation by Derbyshire police, the National Wildlife Crime Unit and Border Force, a 30-year-old man has been reported for offences relating to the prohibited sale and export of elephant ivory. In October last year, officers from Border Force stopped and searched a number of packages containing carvings made from elephant ivory. The […]
Read more → 15 May 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
May 2017 – around 40 Police Wildlife Crime Officers from northern police forces – plus specialist CPS Prosecutors – recently attended a training day hosted by Leeds Discovery Centre. The event was aimed at increasing officers’ skills and awareness in dealing with the illegal trade in endangered species. The facilitators included the National Wildlife Crime […]
Read more → 09 May 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
A shop owner who built up a collection of endangered species, including a turtle shell, a crocodile head and part of a sawfish, has been fined £4,000. Sasko Bezovski, 47 (10.12.68), of Warwick Avenue, Westminster appeared at Hammersmith and Fulham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 19 April. He pleaded guilty to a charge of purchasing, offering […]
Read more → 30 Apr 2017
Posted by NWCU4
On 7 April 2017, Phillip Cullen, 57, of Cadbury Heath, Bristol, was given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years, at Bristol Magistrates Court. On the 16 March 2016, Cullen had been found guilty of six charges contrary to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 relating to the capturing, killing and possession of […]
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