“The Angling Trust has won support from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to ensure that all Chief Officers in England and Wales will receive training about poaching and fish theft, and pass this on to their operational staff.  The National Policing Lead for Wildlife & Rural Crime, Simon Prince (Chief Constable of Dyfed […]

“A 44 year old man from Merseyside has handed a huge egg collection over to the Police. Officers from the NWCU and Merseyside Police visited the man’s home by prior appointment on the 21st August 2014. They were expecting to collect a few hundred birds’ eggs, but they were surprised to find several huge specimen […]

The NWCU team are pleased to announce that Chief Inspector Martin Sims has been appointed as the new Head of Unit. Martin is a serving Sussex Police Officer with 27 and a half years experience.  He joined Surrey Police in 1987 and having served 11 and a half years in his home force, transferred to Sussex […]

“A gamekeeper on a Hampshire estate, owned by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, has been fined for trapping a tawny owl. Self-employed Mark Stevens, 42, who worked on the composer’s Sydmonton Court estate near Basingstoke, admitted setting a trap incorrectly. The owl was discovered at nearby Ecchinswell in August 2013, with a leg caught in a […]

“When the Iron Curtain came crashing down in 1989, nobody predicted the effect this would have on angling in Britain. The subsequent membership of the European Union by former communist states in Eastern Europe prompted immigration to Britain – and a clash of angling cultures swiftly followed. Unfortunately this has understandably generated much bad feeling […]

“China has for the first time admitted in public that it permits trade in skins from captive tigers, according to participants and officials at a meeting of an international convention to protect endangered species. They said the Chinese authorities had never before reported this to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild […]

” World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) has praised Devon and Cornwall Police for being one of the leading forces in the country tackling wildlife crime. Officers have recently been trained to combat bat persecution and have made significant arrests in an investigation into dog-fighting. Devon and Cornwall are also one of the leading forces in the […]

Twelve critically endangered iguanas seized from smugglers by Border Force officers at London’s Heathrow Airport have been returned home to their native Bahamas. The reptiles were discovered in the baggage of Romanian nationals Angla-Alina Bita, and Vitora-Oliva Bucsa on 3 February by staff carrying out customs checks. The iguanas were each wrapped in an individual […]

“Comedian supports police drive to encourage Londoners to donate items such as rhino horn and ivory carvings Ricky Gervais has asked people to hand in wildlife products they may have at home, such as ivory carvings, to help tackle the illegal wildlife trade.   The comedian’s call is in support of a drive by the […]