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2025-2028 NPCC Wildlife & Rural Crime Strategy
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Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
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
26 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 
A 34-year-old man has been banned from keeping animals for life after being found guilty of badger baiting and animal cruelty offences. Robert King, from Motherwell, was sentenced on 26th November 2020, at Lanark Sheriff Court after being found guilty of two charges under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and a charge under the […]
Read more → 18 Nov 2020
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A farm worker has been jailed for causing “gratuitous suffering” to animals by badger baiting. Damien Sweeney, 34, from Treuddyn, near Mold, Flintshire, was arrested when graphic video footage of his dogs attacking and killing badgers was found on his phone. He was found guilty of 12 charges relating to badger baiting at an earlier […]
Read more → 17 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 
On 17th November 2020, a warrant was executed at a property in Barnsley in connection to the poisoning of a protected wild bird. In October, officers appealed for help in finding those responsible for poisoning a juvenile peregrine falcon in the Fish Dam area of Barnsley. Intelligence from the public assisted officers from the […]
Read more → 17 Nov 2020
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A man has been charged with theft in connection with an incident in the spring where Peregrine Falcon eggs were allegedly stolen in the Peak District. John Fenton, of Bridgemont, Whaley Bridge, was charged with the offence following an investigation by the Derbyshire Rural Crime Team and work by the RSPB. It follows an […]
Read more → 11 Nov 2020
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Bird of prey shot with air gun and left seriously injured in Scunthorpe WARNING: Contains graphic images A bird of prey has been shot with an air gun and left seriously injured in Scunthorpe.The sparrowhawk tried to fly to safety after the incident on Wednesday 11th November 2020 – but sadly crashed into a car […]
Read more → 09 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 
Coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), Operation Thunder 2020 rallied 103 countries against environmental crime. A month-long police and customs cross border operation (14 September – 11 October 2020) resulted in large seizures of protected wildlife and forestry specimens and products, triggering arrests and investigations worldwide. Focusing on pre-identified routes and hotspots, […]
Read more → 01 Nov 2020
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On 12th October 2020, Police Scotland launched “Operation Wingspan”, a year-long focus on wildlife crime. Wildlife crime is a major concern in Scotland and this police commitment to raising awareness about it is very important. #endwildlifecrime The first phase of the operation is a two month campaign to raise awareness about the illegal trade in […]
Read more → 01 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 
North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information following investigations into the death of two peregrine falcons found at a quarry near Stutton, Tadcaster. A member of the public who had been observing the mating pair of birds, found a male bird dead on a cliff ledge and following investigation by the RSPB and North Yorkshire […]
Read more → 30 Oct 2020
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A man who stole penguins and rare birds from a zoo has been jailed. Bradley Tomes took two Humboldt penguins, 12 spoonbills and three macaws from South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria during two raids in 2018, Preston Crown Court heard on 30th October 2020. Judge Beverley Lunt said Tomes, 25, was “caught red handed” […]
Read more → 26 Oct 2020
Posted by NWCU4
Officers investigating reports of a bird of prey being deliberately poisoned are appealing for your help to find those responsible. On Saturday 4 July officers found a juvenile peregrine falcon in ill health in the Fish Dam Lane area of Barnsley, the bird sadly died a short time later. Initial assessment of the bird […]
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