Craig Fellowes, a retired police officer who spent more than 40 years tackling wildlife crime has been awarded an MBE. Craig is ‘one of policing’s top wildlife experts’ who uses his knowledge to train others including officers and volunteers. He became Warwickshire Police’s wildlife crime officer in the 1990s and became a training consultant after […]

The national enforcement campaign to protect our nesting wild birds is underway for 2024. The taking of wild bird eggs is a serious crime yet it remains an illicit hobby for some determined individuals. Whole clutches of eggs can be taken from some of the UK’s rarest birds and stored in secret collections. New risks […]

In a joint operation by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Gwent Police, a man from the Vale of Glamorgan has been successfully prosecuted for destroying a valuable wildlife habitat that was home to the critically endangered Great Crested Newts. After pleading guilty in court, the Magistrates ordered Mr Van Praag to pay £1,905 in fines, […]

Officers from police forces across England and Wales have been taking part in a new Forensics training programme on wildlife crime scenes. Trainers from the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) and the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime (PAW)’s Forensic Working Group have devised a one day programme where police officers and Crime Scene […]