More than £60k seized from man who traded in illegal ivory
Police appeal for information after buzzard found dead after being shot in Fife
Community Resolution for Cardiff Council for destruction of Dormice habitat
Operation EASTER 2022 ~ 25 years of stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Bird photography – do I need a licence? A blog from Nature Scot
Scottish Pensioner fined for destroying bat roost and wild bird nest
Property developers fined for damaging bat roost in Merthyr Tydfil
Conviction for badger baiting in Wythenshawe, Cheshire
Haul of animal poaching and hunting equipment seized at North East properties
Gamekeeper fined after trapped sparrowhawk starved to death in freezing weather
Rising reports of wildlife crimes during the pandemic spark fresh fears for beloved species
Dumfries and Galloway: Four men charged in connection with wildlife crime offences
Headcorn man given £1,600 fine after destroying protected habitat for bats and newts
Police Scotland’s wildlife campaign moves forward into final phase
Derby man sentenced over trading illegal ivory
Police confirm Peregrine Falcon poisoned in Belfast
Restorative justice used following tree felling incident which led to destruction of bird nest
Campaign urging people to be responsible around coastal wildlife launched by RSPCA and Police
Operation Visualise - New lead for Cyber Crime Priority Delivery Group Makes Instant Impact
26 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
More than £60k has been seized from a man in Derby who illegally traded in the ivory from elephants killed by poachers between the 1970s and 1990s. Ngie Law, of London Road, was convicted in August 2021 of 18 different counts of buying, selling, and possessing the ivory goods without a permit, and fraudulently evading […]
Read more → 21 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
Officers are appealing for information after a protected bird of prey was found shot in woodland at Mominail, near Ladybank, Fife. The dead buzzard was found by a member of the public in the morning of Sunday, 9 April, 2022. Wildlife crime liaison officer, Detective Constable Ben Pacholek, said: “It is sad and disappointed to […]
Read more → 21 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
The Council of the City and County of Cardiff were reported to Natural Resources Wales for destroying a known habitat for Dormice, a European Protected Species at the Northern Meadows site in Whitchurch, Cardiff during 2021. The area was cleared to ground level and replanted with fruit trees. No European Protected Species (EPS) licence was […]
Read more → 19 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
Wild birds are nesting and the national campaign to protect them across the UK is underway. Egg thieves will go to any lengths to raid the nests of rare wild birds but Operation EASTER is determined to stop them in their tracks. Operation EASTER was developed in Scotland 25 years ago. The operation is now […]
Read more → 14 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
In Nature Scot’s latest blog, they take a look at bird photography and the issues that people need to consider to ensure they stay within the law and don’t disturb wildlife.
Read more → 11 Apr 2022
Posted by NWCU4
David Kerr, 74, was fined £740 for committing the offences when a building being demolished on an estate in Dunblane. Kerr admitted the offences at Stirling Sheriff Court on Monday 11th April 2022 and was fined £740. The incident happened on 12 June, 2020, when a building was being demolished on the Glassingall estate. Wildlife […]
Read more → 08 Mar 2022
Posted by NWCU4
Natural Resources Wales successfully prosecuted two developers from the Merthyr Tydfil area this week (8th March 2022). The Defendants pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates Court to damaging a roost / resting place of Bats when they converted the Old Drill Hall, Pontmorlais West in Merthyr Tydfil. However, in doing so they failed to obtain the […]
Read more → 11 Feb 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
A dad has been found guilty of animal cruelty offences after posting on social media about taking his son out badger baiting to celebrate his release from prison. Grant Leigh Senior, 52, from Hyde, was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a terrier, alongside failing to properly look after six other dogs. His son Grant […]
Read more → 20 Jan 2022
Posted by NWCU1 
Commissioned by the Home Office, RUSI’s report finds that despite the UK’s leading international role as an advocate against illegal wildlife trade, it has failed to treat the crime as a domestic priority The UK is a leading international advocate of the need to ‘follow the money’ generated by the illegal wildlife trade (IWT). In […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2022
Posted by NWCU4 
A joint team including officers from Northumbria Police, RSPCA and the NWCU, executed warrants at two properties Officers from the Northumbria Police Rural Crime Team and Alnwick and Hexham NPT alongside partners from the RSPCA and National Wildlife Crime Unit executed warrants at two addresses, one in Hexham and a second in Longframlington. The force […]
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