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
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
Hoard of suspected poached deer skulls and fox tails uncovered after drugs raid in Nottinghamshire
14 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
“A social media campaign is being launched by Crimestoppers to fight rural crime. The “Scene it. Herd it. Speak up about it. Anonymously” message will be spread across social media using Facebook, Twitter and alert systems. It will direct the public to a webpage that discusses rural crime, including poaching, hare-coursing, theft of oil, metal […]
Read more → 14 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 “Official records show that pangolins are being illegally traded on a “shocking” scale, according to a report. The globally threatened animals are sought for their scales which are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Annual seizures have been estimated at roughly 10,000 animals but experts warn the illegal trade is far greater. Zhao-Min Zhou, from the […]
Read more → 14 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 “Panelists convened at an event in Berlin, Germany, on the occasion of ITB – the world’s largest tourism fair – and concurred today that record poaching levels of rhinos and elephants are not only threatening the basis of tourism but also tourism-based development options in Africa. In his opening remarks, Hon. Moses Kalongashawa, Minister of […]
Read more → 07 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 “A Coventry man has firmly cemented his place as the UK’s most convicted egg collector with his tenth and latest prosecution, three more than any other collector. On 3 March 2014, Gregory Peter Wheal (50yrs) of Vinecote Road, Coventry appeared for trial at Coventry Magistrates Court. This followed an incident in September 2013 when a […]
Read more → 07 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 PC Paul Barr, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Police Officer has been involved in the production of a short internet video promoting responsible angling in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. The production of the video was sponsored by Glasgow Angling Centre, the largest fishing tackle shop in Europe. The video features […]
Read more → 07 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
The National Theft Register reports that during the last two years there has been an ever developing series of small bird thefts where thieves are targeting the breeders of quality exhibition Budgerigars, Canaries and Finches. In recent months the pattern continues with over 40 separate burglaries comprising of hundreds of birds valued at many thousands […]
Read more → 07 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU2 
A hero Angus lifeboat coxswain has clung on to his position despite admitting illegally poaching fish. Thomas Mark Yule, 42, from David’s Hill, St Vigeans, Arbroath, was fined £300 by a sheriff on Thursday but he won’t face additional sanctions from the RNLI. Yule pleaded guilty at Arbroath Sheriff Court to breaching the Salmon and […]
Read more → 03 Mar 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
“World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. At the same time, the Day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime, which has […]
Read more → 27 Feb 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“A man has been sentenced for selling protected animal species, following an investigation by Thames Valley Police. Graham Martin, aged 36, of Furze Platts, Bracknell, was sentenced to a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £265 in costs at Slough Magistrates’ Court on Monday (24/2).” To read the full article click here SOURCE: […]
Read more → 26 Feb 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“Alan Stewart, who is now working as an intelligence officer with the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, is backing a newly-formed group’s aim to encourage thousands of birdwatchers to “recognise, record and report”. Birders against Wildlife Crime (BAWC) has been formed by five birdwatchers who want to “tip the balance back in the favour of […]
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