2025-2028 NPCC Wildlife & Rural Crime Strategy
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
28 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “Criminals from Britain and beyond are openly buying and selling rhino horn online, Metro has discovered. Middlemen in South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea and here are illegally touting the horns of the endangered species for up to £160,000 to buyers in the US, Thailand and the UAE. Some of those posting their contraband on discussion […]
Read more → 22 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “A man who tried to smuggle rare clams and corals through Manchester Airport has been jailed. Alex Montgomery, 23, of Mottram Old Road, Stalybridge, was locked up for six months today at Manchester crown court. Montgomery pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to smuggle the animals after he was arrested by officers from the UK […]
Read more → 22 May 2013
Posted by greyheron Scotland’s new team of wildlife crime-fighters have met for the first time to focus on targeting offenders and protecting the country’s natural resources. Under the single service, each division has a wildlife crime liaison officer. The liaison officers met at Tulliallan where they discussed a wide range of topics related to wildlife crime. National oversight […]
Read more → 22 May 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “The former boss of a leading bird sanctuary lied about running a rare breeding programme – so he could sell exotic species to the highest bidder, a court heard. Keith Beaven convinced zoos and animal sanctuaries in Britain and Europe to lend him rare and endangered birds of prey – which he then sold.” Source […]
Read more → 21 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “The Prince of Wales made an impassioned plea today for nations to redouble their efforts to tackle the illegal poaching of wildlife that threatens some of the planet’s most iconic animals. His Royal Highness’s rallying call for action to avoid an “irreversible tragedy” was echoed by his son The Duke of Cambridge and Environment Secretary […]
Read more → 21 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “A former owner of the National Birds of Prey Centre near Newent in Gloucestershire has been convicted of stealing rare owls from zoos. Keith Beaven, 68, of Staunton near Gloucester, was found guilty at Gloucester Crown Court of theft, fraud, and illegally selling birds. Beaven tricked various zoos in Europe into thinking he was still […]
Read more → 19 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “St James’s Palace is hosting a historic wildlife summit on Tuesday with demands for an international crackdown on ruthless crime networks driving elephants, rhinos and tigers towards extinction. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Wildlife Minister Richard Benyon will be there to echo the princes’ calls for global action. Wildlife crime ranks with the drugs trade, […]
Read more → 17 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “A man who ran a world famous birds of prey centre stole nine rare owls from zoos across the UK and Europe, a jury was told. Keith Beaven pretended he wanted the birds for endangered species breeding programmes at the National Birds of Prey Centre in Cliffords Mesne, near Newent. But he then sold them, […]
Read more → 17 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “Newark, N.J. — With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds, criminologists haven’t typically concerned themselves with crimes against wildlife and the environment. But with poaching raging out of control in several areas of the world, that may be changing. “There is a growing sense of urgency about what’s going on in the environment,” Todd Clear, dean […]
Read more → 16 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “HRH The Prince of Wales (WWF-UK’s President) and HRH The Duke of Cambridge are hosting a high-profile international conference at St James’s Palace on 21 May, in collaboration with the UK government, to focus world attention on the urgent battle to end illegal trade in wildlife (#endwildlifecrime). HRH Prince Charles Wildlife poaching is nothing new, […]
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