Cheltenham antiques dealer sentenced for trading illegally in elephant tusks and walrus ivory
Maidstone men jailed after deer stabbed repeatedly in the throat and animal cruelty
Welsh man handed suspended jail term after interfering with badger sett
Suspected hare courser causes high-speed police chase in Cambridgeshire
Dorset wildlife crime officer recognised in New Year Honours list
Forensic science techniques used in battle against wildlife crime across Scotland
Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the work of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
Walsall owl breeder told his good character saved him from prison sentence
Pinpointing rural & wildlife crime with what3words
Illegal trade in endangered species - trial date set in Lancashire
Walsall Owl 'breeder' pleads guilty to the illegal possession and sale of Barn Owls
Cardiff man convicted for trading in endangered species
Spalding illegal ivory trader sentenced
Man sentenced for destroying a bat roost in Shaftesbury
Irish man who smuggled rhino horn from Miami to London sentenced to 14 months in Florida prison
BURNLEY MAN TO APPEAR AT CROWN COURT ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY TRADING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
Two men sentenced for illegally exporting carved ivory fans - Met Police
Forces join together to tackle hare coursing
Poachers in North Yorkshire warned as police step up rural crime operation
21 Jan 2020
Posted by NWCU4 
A Cheltenham man who tried to export elephant tusks and walrus ivory out of the country has avoided jail today. Peter Maw, 65, of Duke Street, Cheltenham, appeared at Gloucester Crown Court today to be sentenced after he had previously pleaded guilty to five counts of fraudulently evading any duty, prohibition, restriction or provision, on […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2020
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Jimmy Price was today found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a horse and two dogs. A video played to the court showed the dogs, Scout and Tramp, untethered and unfed at the 25-year-old’s home address in Forstal Farm, Loose. The father-of-two was previously convicted in December after repeatedly stabbing a deer. He was also caught […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2020
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A Tonypandy man has been handed a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping animals after admitting interference with a badger sett near Whitland. Matthew Howell Jones, 38, of Jones Street, also admitted failing to get urgent veterinary treatment for his dog, with the black terrier struggling with ‘very worrying’ injuries that vets say are […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2020
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A suspected hare courser has been jailed for two months after leading police on a dangerous pursuit, reaching speeds of nearly 100mph. Nelson Hedges, 32, was reported to police by members of the public who were concerned he had been hare coursing in his silver Mazda Tribute near Iselham, Cambridgeshire. The force’s Rural Crime Action […]
Read more → 08 Jan 2020
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PC Claire Dinsdale from the Dorset Rural Crime Team has been awarded a Queen’s Police Medal. NWCU join colleagues from across Dorset and the wider police community in congratulating Claire on receiving such an honour.
Read more → 10 Dec 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
Police wildlife crime specialists in Scotland work to protect some of the most endangered creatures on the planet. The trade in endangered species falls under the remit of the Scots wildlife team – Det Sgt Robert More (Police Scotland) and PC Charlie Everitt (National Wildlife Crime Unit). Seizures have included a snow leopard pelt […]
Read more → 24 Nov 2019
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The University has been awarded a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for the work of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE). The official announcement took place at St James’s Palace on Thursday 21 November 2019. The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are awarded, within the honours system, for exceptional contributions by institutions in the […]
Read more → 24 Nov 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
13 November, 2019 CRAIGAVON Magistrates Court heard that a man is accused of selling more than 200 animals including lions, crocodiles and a great white shark. Among other animals 38-year-old Roman Panik, formerly of Beech Court in Lurgan, is alleged to have sold are alligators, tigers, leopards, pumas, lynxes, buzzards, otters, wolves, bobcats and […]
Read more → 18 Nov 2019
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On Friday 15th November 2019 Lee WELLINGS, 45 yrs., a breeder of Barn owls from Scholars Walk, Walsall was sentenced at Walsall Magistrates Court for 13 offences relating to the prohibited sale of Annex ‘A’ species, making false statements to obtain permits to sell Annex ‘A’ species and for possessing three wild Barn owls. WELLINGS […]
Read more → 02 Nov 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
When it comes to describing where things are in rural areas, things can get really complicated. Many places like barns, field entrances and country laybys have no address at all, and postcodes tend to cover unhelpfully broad areas. Growing up on a farm in rural Hertfordshire , Chris Sheldrick gained first-hand experience of the daily […]
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Cardiff man convicted for trading in endangered species
Spalding illegal ivory trader sentenced
Man sentenced for destroying a bat roost in Shaftesbury
BURNLEY MAN TO APPEAR AT CROWN COURT ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY...
Cheltenham antiques dealer sentenced for trading illegally...
Maidstone men jailed after deer stabbed repeatedly...
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