Endangered Species Operation - arrests in West Yorkshire
Operation Thunderball: Organised crime hit hard by joint WCO-INTERPOL global enforcement operation
More than 100 pearl mussels poached from Sutherland river
NWCU and Europol meet to combat illegal trade in eels
North Yorkshire Police officer takes on national badger protection role
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
Sightseers 'causing undue seal stress' in Aberdeenshire
Sea eagles' return to Isle of Wight given go-ahead
Drones could disturb Suffolk's rare birds, pilots warned
Operation EASTER 2019 ~ stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Cutting edge technology to provide new insight into lives of Scotland’s Golden Eagles
Hen harriers 'vanishing due to illegal killing' - study
North Yorkshire Gamekeeper found guilty for failing to check a snare which led to badger death
05 Aug 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
On Thursday 1st August 2019, officers from the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit and West Yorkshire investigating the illegal import (from China) and subsequent sale of Siamese Crocodile skulls, executed three search warrants in the Bradford area. As a result of the operation a 26 year old man from the Bradford area was arrested on […]
Read more → 21 Jun 2019
Posted by NWCU4
On Wednesday 26th June 2019 the UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit will be hosting a meeting of enforcement agencies from across Europe and North America at the Natural History Museum, London. This meeting, organised by Europol in conjunction with the NWCU, will be examining the illegal trade in eels and looking at how enforcement can continue […]
Read more → 16 May 2019
Posted by NWCU4
The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) are please to launch “Undisturbed” – a social media initiative to raise awareness among wildlife photographers and drone users of their responsibilities while sourcing images of wild animals. The affordability of modern digital camera technology has produced an ever-growing interest in capturing photographs of wildlife. A number of […]
Read more → 08 May 2019
Posted by NWCU4
Officers from the NWCU and the West Midlands Police Wildlife Unit have interviewed a 44 year old man regarding suspected offences contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. A file is being prepared for consideration by the Crown Prosecution Service. This relates to an […]
Read more → 04 May 2019
Posted by NWCU4
As the holiday season approaches, increasing reports of dolphin disturbance incidents in the waters around the UK involving members of the public have prompted WDC (Whale & Dolphin Conservation) to launch a new public information drive in partnership with the NWCU. Of particular concern is the lack of awareness of the existing laws around disturbance […]
Read more → 09 Apr 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
A development company has been fined more than £18,000 for illegally destroying a building where protected Pipistrelle bats were known to roost. Landrose Developments was fined £18,820 at Brent Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 5 April after pleading guilty to destroying the breeding site / resting place of a European Protected Species (EPS), namely Pipistrelle Bat […]
Read more → 05 Apr 2019
Posted by NWCU4
On 4th April 2019, Matthew REYNOLDS, 29, of Gloucester appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to charges contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 relating to the sale of an African Grey Parrot. Two further charges under the same legislation were not proceeded with. REYNOLDS was given a 6 month curfew […]
Read more → 01 Apr 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
Operation EASTER ~ stopping egg thieves and egg collectors Wild birds are nesting and the national campaign to protect them across the UK is underway. Egg thieves will go to any lengths to raid the nests of rare species but Operation EASTER is determined to stop them in their tracks. Operation EASTER was developed in […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
A man who tried to smuggle 19 rare and endangered bird eggs into the UK strapped to his body was jailed for three years and one month on 10 January 2019. The smuggling attempt was uncovered by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport on 26 June 2018 when officers stopped Jeffrey Lendrum after he arrived on a […]
Read more → 15 Oct 2018
Posted by NWCU1 
WARNING: This article contains images which some readers may find disturbing. On Friday 12th October 2018, Mary Holliday Lamar, 51 years, of Ashover Road, Old Tupton, Derbyshire pleaded guilty at Chesterfield Magistrates Court to possessing a wild Peregrine falcon and keeping an unregistered Schedule 4 bird. Lamar, who is a US national now living in […]
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North Yorkshire Police officer takes on national badger...