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Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
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Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
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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
02 Nov 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
Two Preston men have been arrested in connection with illegal poaching in Lancashire. A 46 year old and 50 year old man have been bailed until January after Lancashire Police arrested them, and a 24 year old man from Carnforth, on suspicion of illegally hunting deer. Wildlife officers have dealt with a number of incidents […]
Read more → 02 Nov 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
The world’s largest and most prestigious botanical garden, Kew receives 2 million visitors each year………. Shortly after two o’clock on the afternoon of Thursday, January 9, Nick Johnson, the 43-year-old manager of the conservatory …….. checked on the rarest, and most endangered, plant in the glasshouse, the Nymphaea thermarum, which is the smallest water lily […]
Read more → 24 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Wildlife Crime Officers from Lancashire Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit investigating the illegal trade in endangered species executed a search warrant at an address in the Burnley area on 23/10/2014. Officers seized items including four Leopard skins, a Jaguar skull, a Sperm whale tooth and two stuffed Snowy owls, which are all included on […]
Read more → 22 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “An English egg collector has been handed a six month prison sentence, suspended for three years, and a 5000 Lev (£2024) fine after pleading guilty to the illegal possession of 16 birds’ eggs and three taxidermy specimens at a court in Burgas, Bulgaria, today. This follows a lengthy investigation by the Burgas Police, assisted by […]
Read more → 18 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “The discovery of a buzzard left with horrific injuries after being caught in an illegal leg hold trap near Malton in North Yorkshire has prompted a police investigation. The male bird had to be humanely destroyed by a vet after it was found grounded in a stubble field at Norton near Malton. Jean Thorpe, […]
Read more → 16 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Pubs and restaurants in the Westcountry which buy venison at the back door with “no questions asked” are fuelling a cruel and dangerous crime wave, a seminar on poaching has been told. Exmoor veterinary surgeon Peter Green, who specialises in deer welfare, said every diner eating a venison meal should ask the pub landlord or […]
Read more → 14 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“The case of the ‘Putin’s tiger’, Kuzya, has brought the dangers of poaching back into the spotlight. Russian president Vladimir Putin released the 19-month-old Siberian tiger in a remote forest in May this year. Five months later, one week ago, Kuzya swam across the frigid waters of the Amur river into China. The event set […]
Read more → 14 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “The RSPB and SEO (BirdLife in Spain), have launched a ‘European Network against Environmental Crimes’, aiming to ensure that the 2008 EU Directive is complied with. The new project is expected to significantly advance environmental protection by bolstering the EU Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law, and the project is financially […]
Read more → 14 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Chiswick Auctions has been fined in court following the sale of an elephant artefact which was ruled to be in contravention of the law on the sale of ivory. The item, “an antique carved ivory tusk worked as a train of elephants”, was sold two years ago by the auction house to a dealer. Chiswick […]
Read more → 10 Oct 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Seven people have appeared in court following a joint investigation by police and the RSPCA into dog and animal fighting. The six men and one woman – Nathan Baker, Jack Curnow, Craig Ford, Benjamin Luscombe, Craige McCormick, Alex Salt and Kerry Wrightson – were summonsed to Plymouth Magistrates Court to face a total of 35 […]
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