23 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“A falconry owner who illegally displayed and sold numerous birds of prey has been fined more than £1,000, ordered to undertake 200 hours unpaid work and given a six week curfew. Andrew McManus-Dunkley, owner of the Banwell Falconry in Smallway, near Congresbury, was found guilty of illegally displaying birds of prey for commercial gain which […]

 22 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“PESHAWAR:  Illegal trade of endangered Saker and Peregrine falcons continues unabated across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, allegedly with the help of government officials. For the past two decades, Peshawar is said to be the largest black market of falcons in the world. Affluent Arabs often visit the city to buy these birds. “An Arab Sheikh from Saudi Arabia […]

 18 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Ugandan officials have seized some two tonnes (4,600lb) of ivory – one of the country’s biggest such hauls for many years. The Uganda Wildlife Association (UWA) has said the 832 pieces of ivory could be worth up to $6.7m but other estimates put the value lower. Experts say some of the ivory is believed to […]

 16 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Police are targeting poachers in the Ribble Valley as part of Operation Firecrest, a week-long crackdown on rural crime.  More than a dozen poaching incidents have been reported by local farmers and gamekeepers since May involving wild deer, hares and rabbits. Recently a butchered Sika deer was found near Bolton-by-Bowland. The deer appeared to have […]

 16 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

” A Smithy Fen traveller has been detained in New York accused of illegally dealing in black rhinoceros horns. Michael Slattery, who uses an address at Orchard Drive on the site in Cottenham, is alleged to have used falsified documents to sell four horns to a dealer for $50,000 – about £31,300. The 25-year-old was […]

 07 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“At least fourteen alleged members of a gang of rhinoceros poachers have been arrested in Nepal, officials say. Those arrested include Buddhi Bahadur Praja, the alleged leader of a cross-border smuggling ring. Police accuse Mr Praja of killing more than 12 rhinos in Nepal in the past six years. There has been no immediate comment […]

 02 Oct 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Is it time for a war on poaching? When Hillary Clinton unveiled an $80 million plan last week to combat elephant poaching in Africa, she highlighted a new and worrying trend: money from wildlife crime may be helping to fund terrorist groups. These include the al-Shabaab group that attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya […]

 30 Sep 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Wildlife officers in the Lothians say they are getting calls on a daily basis about hare coursing, a blood sport that has been illegal for a decade. The activity takes place in broad daylight and peaks at this time of year, officers say. Wildlife officers have been combing the back roads and fields around Midlothian, […]

 30 Sep 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“An economic crime perpetrated by criminal syndicates in the most remote regions, exploiting local people and lax laws Wildlife crime now ranks among trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings in terms of profits. It is an economic crime often perpetrated by criminal syndicates operating in the most remote regions of our globalised world, exploiting […]