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
13 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU4 
“So your latest model Ferrari is parked in a prominent spot outside the top five-star hotel in the capital. You are meeting friends for a drink and since it is pleasantly warm you wear a short sleeve shirt so there is no way they can miss the golden Rolex on your left wrist – they […]
Read more → 12 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Police have launched an investigation after a peregrine falcon was found shot by the side of a major road. The distressed bird, a protected species, was spotted by a passing driver near the East Lancs Road between Leigh and Golborne. He stopped to help the falcon and took it to a vets practice in Bolton […]
Read more → 12 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “A man tried to illegally sell £15,000 of endangered black rhino horns as he struggled to pay his mortgage, a court heard. Clifford Bardelli, 52, had been given two pieces of horn as keepsakes by his former boss when he worked as a silversmith. But when his long-term partner left him Bardelli contacted two Chinese […]
Read more → 09 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Customs officials in China on Thursday seized almost 650 pieces of wolf skins that arrived on a flight from Greece last month. The pelts, which cover a total area of 200m2 when spread out, were imported into China on July 29 on a flight from Greece to Beijing Capital International Airport, officials said, describing the […]
Read more → 08 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU4 “Hen harriers have failed to nest successfully in England for the first time since the 1960s, conservationists have said. The failure of the only two pairs that which attempted to nest in northern England this year has left the bird of prey, which has been subject to long-term persecution, on the brink of extinction here, […]
Read more → 07 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU4 “LOME, Togo – A high-profile ivory trafficker whose work activists say has fueled the slaughter of more than 10,000 elephants dating back to the 1970s has been arrested in Togo, the country’s environment minister said Wednesday. The trafficker, Emile N’Bouke, was found to be in possession of 700 kilograms (1,500 pounds) of ivory at the […]
Read more → 07 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU4 
Angling Trust Press Release The Angling Trust continues to take a proactive stance in dealing with poaching and fish theft, two issues which are of great concern to anglers. Unfortunately there has been confusion amongst the law enforcement agencies and the public regarding their responsibilities, who anglers should contact and how the reporting and enforcement […]
Read more → 07 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU2 Through intelligence exchange with the Mainland Customs, Hong Kong Customs yesterday (August 6) smashed an endangered species smuggling case at Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound. During the operation, Hong Kong Customs seized a total of 1 120 ivory tusks, 13 rhino horns and five pieces of leopard skin, weighing about 2 266 kilograms in […]
Read more → 01 Aug 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “GAMEKEEPERS and ghillies are teaming up with wildlife crime officers in a bid to halt the theft of freshwater pearl mussels in Scotland. The illegal fishing of these bi-valve mussels, Margaritifera margaretifera, is threatening the species. They are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and are often found on the bed of salmon rivers […]
Read more → 30 Jul 2013
Posted by NWCU2 
A Police investigation is being conducted into the disturbing circumstances surrounding the discovery of what appeared to be the mutilated body of a Dartmoor foal on Tuesday 23rd July in the Yennadon Down area, Dousland near Yelverton, Devon. Police are appealing for anyone who was in the area during the night of 22nd and 23rd […]
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