Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon eggs jailed
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching Bat Mitigation Licence
Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training programme
PSNI investigate death of two white-tailed eagles
PSNI launch Operation SUBRISION to deter and detect rural and wildlife crime
Lewisham man convicted for illegally exporting ivory
Operation EASTER launched for 2023 - stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
Hoard of suspected poached deer skulls and fox tails uncovered after drugs raid in Nottinghamshire
NWCU Wildlife Crime DISC knowledge hub
If you have not done so already, request DISC access from the NWCU. Access levels will depend on your organisation and role. Only police can access the Poaching toolkit but there is a wealth of additional resources for partners too. Poaching Toolkit for investigators has been developed by the Poaching Priority Delivery Group. The toolkit comprises MG11’s, example MG13s and MG15s, Impact Statements, Best Practice Guides, Best Evidence Guides, example CPN/CPW, aide memoir, call handler guides and force control room teaching videos.
Information Resources
CPS Guidance – Ancillary orders
CPS Guidance – Criminal Behaviour Orders CBOs
CPS Guidance – Dog offences
CPS Guidance – Domestic and captive animals
CPS Guidance – Hare Coursing
CPS Guidance – Hunting Act 2004
CPS Guidance – Wildlife Offences
Game & Deer seasons calendar
Poaching and Wildlife Crime – British Deer Society
Poaching of Game, Deer, and Fish – BASC
Poaching of Game, Deer and Fish – booklet version
Register a captive bird of prey
RSPCA Special Operations Unit
Legislation
Night Poaching Act 1828
Game Act 1831
Poaching Prevention Act 1862
Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
Deer Act 1991
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996
Hunting Act 2004
Animal Welfare Act 2006
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Act 2022
Video links
Poaching
Hare Coursing