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
National first as Essex poachers banned from owning dogs
Four men sentenced following hare coursing incidents in Stirling and the Borders
Fine for angler who gave false name to NRW enforcement officer
Blaenau Gwent man prosecuted for encouraging dog to enter a live badger sett
08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU6 
A 24 year old taxidermy dealer has been jailed today (7th December 2015) for a total of 24 weeks at Burnley Crown Court. Aaron William Halstead of Glen View Road, Burnley was sentenced to 4 consecutive sentences of 6 weeks (total 24 weeks) for 4 offences contrary to the Control in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations […]
Read more → 30 Mar 2015
Posted by NWCU6 
Catherine Emberton 29yrs, of Gleadless Road, Sheffield appeared at Sheffield Crown Court today (30/03/2015) where she was sentenced for offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 relating to the illegal trade in tiger claws and teeth. Ms. Emberton had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing. The conviction was the result […]
Read more → 26 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Lee Yafano, 41 years of Glenfield Drive, Middlesbrough, appeared at Teeside Crown Court yesterday (25th June 2014) and pleaded guilty to three offences in connection with his taxidermist business. In November 2012 the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit and Cleveland Police monitored an individual who was later identified as Lee Yafano, who was trading in […]
Read more → 24 Jan 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“A Battersea man has been fined just £1,375 despite admitting to illegally trading ivory, whale and dolphin bone and marine turtle shell online. Detectives from the Met Police’s Wildlife Crime Unit began investigating Alick Brown, 30, from Worfield Street, Battersea, in May 2012 after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) raised concerns about two companies. […]
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