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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
15 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “Rare birds are becoming the prey of criminal gangs in the Midlands, police have revealed. It has emerged that thieves are targeting one specific quarry in south Staffordshire where beautiful, and protected, Peregrine Falcons return to nest, lay eggs and raise their young chicks every year. And not only are these precious eggs being stolen […]
Read more → 14 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “Police investigate after wild birds shot May 2013. At the end of April a member of an Ecological Survey Team found Canada and Greylag geese and a Mute Swan which had been shot at Norton Mills Lake at North Stainley, Ripon. A number of the geese were already dead, but other birds were severely injured […]
Read more → 13 May 2013
Posted by NWCU4 
“CONSERVATIONISTS have called for urgent action to curb illegal fishing that is threatening to push the freshwater pearl mussel into extinction. Buglife, the invertebrate conservation trust, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) say the mussel, which can live for more than 100 years, is one of the most endangered molluscs in […]
Read more → 10 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “An innovative new police team is supporting the fight against wildlife crime. The Beds, Cambs and Herts Scientific Services Unit has launched a dedicated ‘Specialist Services Cadre’ to give expert assistance to Environmental Crime Officers working across the three counties by offering the same sort of forensic expertise and evidence gathering capabilities that are usually […]
Read more → 09 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “A new police team is helping to fight wildlife crime in the Anglia region. The Bedfordshire,Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Scientific Services Unit has launched a dedicated ‘Specialist Services Cadre’. They work across the three counties by offering the same sort of forensic expertise and evidence gathering capabilities that are usually associated with major and organised crime […]
Read more → 08 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “WEARSIDE MP Sharon Hodgson has backed a campaign to crackdown on wildlife crime. The Washington and Sunderland West MP joined campaigners and Environment Minister Richard Benyon MP at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Wildlife Crime – The Fightback event at the House of Commons, and called on the Government to take the lead […]
Read more → 05 May 2013
Posted by greyheron “Drug gangs are making a new fortune – by smuggling body parts of endangered animals into Britain. The sick trade is netting crime bosses £100 million a year, second only to drug trafficking in profitability. Customs officers have seized 80 tonnes of rare species parts in just three years concealed in ship containers, vans, luggage […]
Read more → 05 May 2013
Posted by greyheron ‘Lancashire police are calling on residents in rural areas to report suspicious activity in a bid to protect wildlife in the county during lambing season. Wildlife crime officer Mark Thomas said: “We know at this time of year most species are producing young and are at their most vulnerable so I’m appealing for the public […]
Read more → 01 May 2013
Posted by NWCU4 “THE links between animal crime and organised criminality has been highlighted after 300 wildlife incidents were recorded in Fife last year. Councillors recently discussed a report on the impact of this sort of criminality and its links to serious and organised crime at a meeting of the Police transition committee. Chair of committee Councillor Gavin […]
Read more → 30 Apr 2013
Posted by greyheron “Christie Alldridge, the UK’s first dedicated online wildlife crime intelligence officer, explains why the illegal trade in endangered species has moved to the internet
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