Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week 1st - 7th September 2025
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
02 Jul 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “A GYPSY caught poaching rabbits red-handed tried to negotiate a knock-down price on his fine in return for paying cash. John Price, who with Thomas Levi Rogers was found with two dead rabbits and a hare, reckoned a £100 fine and £25 victim surcharge was too steep, so made Stroud Magistrates’ an offer for cash […]
Read more → 01 Jul 2013
Posted by NWCU4 
“A jet skier had their vehicle seized by police for allegedly disturbing dolphins. The incident occurred in the channel between Inverness Harbour and South Kessock. Police Scotland said they had seized a jet ski in connection with the reported wildlife crime in the Highlands.” Source: STV News To read the full article : […]
Read more → 01 Jul 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Ho Chi Minh City customs authorities have seized handicrafts made from over 21 kilograms of ivory that were smuggled in from France. A Vietnamese national, identified only as N.P.K., was caught at Tan Son Nhat International Airport Sunday with the contraband in his suitcase.” Source : Thanh Nien Author : Dinh Son To read full article : http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20130701-vietnamese-man-caught-smuggling-21kg-of-ivory.aspx
Read more → 01 Jul 2013
Posted by NWCU2 Sudanese, American arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport attempting to smuggle ivory Cyrus Ombati, Standard Digital July 1st 2013 Nairobi, Kenya: A South Sudanese and an American national were arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi while trying to smuggle ivory out of the country over the weekend in two separate incidents. […]
Read more → 28 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 16 Words That Could Save a Species: G8 Makes Historic Commitment to Tackle Wildlife Crime “June 2013. Leaders of the powerful G8 nations have resolved to fight the increasing menace of international wildlife crime in a ground-breaking statement following their summit this week. 16 words In a written statement of their post-summit intentions, 16 […]
Read more → 26 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 “Officials from enforcement and intelligence agencies of the eight South Asian countries besides China, Russia and Myanmar will meet here next week to develop a cross cutting operational strategy to curb the growing menace of illegal wildlife trade in the region. The meeting is being hosted by INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Programme and the Central Bureau […]
Read more → 25 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 “Cape Town – Money from illegal ivory is thought to be funding many rebel groups and militias in Africa where on average an elephant is killed every 15 minutes, according to a report released last week. Like “blood diamonds”, the illegal trade is now being referred to as “blood ivory”. The report, released by […]
Read more → 21 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 “Durban – A convicted rhino poacher who was found guilty of the murder of his accomplice, even though he did not fire the gun, has been effectively jailed for 21 years. On Thursday Ingwavuma Regional Court magistrate, MA Khumalo, sentenced Wawito Mawala to 15 years for the murder of his hunting companion, Erasmo Mazivele. Mawala […]
Read more → 21 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 “MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine government workers used a backhoe and an incinerator Friday to crush and burn more than 5 tons of smuggled elephant tusks worth an estimated $10 million in the biggest known destruction of trafficked ivory outside Africa. The government said that the destruction of the stockpile, gathered from seizures since 2009, demonstrates […]
Read more → 20 Jun 2013
Posted by NWCU1 “Conservationists fear a colony of endangered sea birds on the North East coast could be wiped out after eggs from breeding pairs were stolen. Durham Heritage Coast wardens said about 50 eggs from 65 nesting pairs of little terns had been taken from the site at Crimdon, near Hartlepool. The organisation’s Niall Benson described the […]
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