Introducing Police Scotland’s “Operation Wingspan” - a year long focus on wildlife crime.
Police appeal for information after Peregrine Falcons found dead near Tadcaster
Information sought following the poisoning of a Peregrine Falcon in South Yorkshire
Three Kent men jailed for hunting and killing badgers, foxes and hare
Hen Harrier Fingal, goes missing in Dumfries & Galloway
Hen Harrier Dryad, goes missing in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
'Despicable' killing of peregrine falcon condemned by Gloucestershire police
Fife man pleads guilty to animal fighting following Scottish SPCA investigation
Cumbrian Badger killers caught after man investigated for different crime
Baby birds released into wild after being stolen from nests in Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Rural police operation to make North Yorkshire a no-go area for poachers
Four charged in connection with hare coursing in Laurencekirk
Peregrine falcon 'shot with a pellet gun' in Bingley, West Yorkshire
Northumbria Police Wildlife Crime Officer is recognised with British Citizen Award
Partnership to fight Irish wildlife crime launched
Metropolitan Police investigating after swan killed by dog in Epping Forest
Rare sea eagle found dead in Aberdeenshire had been poisoned
28 Sep 2020
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Shocking messages on phone reveal group of hunters killed badgers, foxes and hare. Three men have been jailed after shocking WhatsApp messages revealed a string of offences against wildlife. Matthew McWilliam Junior (DoB: 27/11/1993) of Spitalfield Lane, New Romney, Kent, and Jethro Smith (01/09/1995) of Plantation Close, Hothfield near Ashford, Kent, appeared at Folkestone Magistrates […]
Read more → 21 Aug 2020
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Police are warning poachers to stay out of North Yorkshire, as the force ramps up a new anti-poaching operation. Poachers normally travel in groups of up to four people, with dogs, using 4×4 vehicles. They typically hunt brown hare or deer. In addition to being a wildlife crime, their illegal activity can cause extensive damage […]
Read more → 24 Jul 2020
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The buzzard as it was found. (Photo courtesy of RSPB) North Yorkshire Police and the RSPB are appealing for information after a dead buzzard was found on Live Moor close to the village of Swainby. The bird was discovered by a member of the public on 20 March 2020 and reported to the RSPB before […]
Read more → 27 May 2020
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Analysis shows buzzard killed by combination of four different pesticides North Yorkshire Police is urging pet owners to be vigilant after analysis of a dead buzzard found near Pateley Bridge showed the presence of four pesticides in its system which are believed to be the cause of death. In March 2020, a member of the […]
Read more → 09 Apr 2020
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Police Scotland can confirm that a 64-year-old man has been charged with a number of wildlife crime offences in the Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway. Extensive investigations have been ongoing into the deaths of upwards of 20 birds of prey and other wild birds in the Springholm area near Castle Douglas between 2018 […]
Read more → 11 Feb 2020
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A seafood salesman has been convicted of smuggling an estimated 5.3 million critically endangered baby eels from Spain to East Asia via the UK over a two year period, in what is thought to be the first prosecution of its kind in the UK. Gilbert Khoo, 67, from Parbury Rise, Chessington, was today found guilty […]
Read more → 08 Jan 2020
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PC Claire Dinsdale from the Dorset Rural Crime Team has been awarded a Queen’s Police Medal. NWCU join colleagues from across Dorset and the wider police community in congratulating Claire on receiving such an honour.
Read more → 21 Oct 2019
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On 15th October 2019, Michael TANG, 49, of Cardiff appeared at Cardiff Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to 18 charges contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and six charges contrary to the Customs and Excise Act 1979 relating to the illegal import and purchase of a number of skulls […]
Read more → 18 Oct 2019
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A Spalding man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for trading in illegal ivory, including buying unworked sections of illegal elephant tusks. Slawomir Kazmierczak, 55, of Redthorne Close, Spalding previously pleaded guilty to nine charges relating to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997. The nine charges relate to offences between […]
Read more → 15 Oct 2019
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A man who admitted destroying a roost for a protected species of bat has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,000. Iain Russell Turner, aged 50 and of The Street in Motcombe, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 11 October 2019 for an offence of damaging or destroying the […]
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Man charged with Raptor Persecution crimes in Stewartry
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Information sought following the poisoning of a Peregrine...
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