Wildlife criminal jailed for rare bird eggs importation attempt
Forensic evidence dogs trained to detect CITES related scents
Norfolk man who illegally hoarded 5,000 rare eggs jailed
Herefordshire's Poacherwatch successes
Campaigners bid for private prosecution over 'wildlife crime' at opencast site
Suspended Prison Sentence for Falcon Keeper
NWCU supports National Badger Day
Police investigating after red kite shot out of sky above Saddleworth Moor
London trader sentenced after endangered leopard and wolf fur coats seized
Natural England joins forces to tackle Hare Coursing in East of England
Arrests after 18 deer shot dead in Wyre Forest field
Drones and Wildlife: Operators warned against misuse
Golden eagle chicks released to boost south of Scotland population
North Yorkshire Gamekeeper convicted of shooting two protected owls
Bassenthwaite ospreys: Farmer guilty of disturbing nest
Avon taxidermy dealer pleads guilty to trading in endangered species
Surrey Antiques Fair inspected for illegal endangered species
Launch of NPCC Rural and Wildlife Crime strategy
14 Jan 2019
Posted by NWCU4 
A man who tried to smuggle 19 rare and endangered bird eggs into the UK strapped to his body was jailed for three years and one month on 10 January 2019. The smuggling attempt was uncovered by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport on 26 June 2018 when officers stopped Jeffrey Lendrum after he arrived on a […]
Read more → 27 Dec 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
Abbas Allawi, 52, of Watford, Hertfordshire was sentenced to 14 months in prison, for offences relating to the illegal keeping and selling of parts of endangered species. On Monday, 19 October 2016, a search warrant was executed at Allawi’s home address in Hertfordshire, by officers from the Met’s Wildlife Crime Unit, the Dog Unit and supporting […]
Read more → 27 Nov 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
A “one-man crime wave” who illegally collected more than 5,000 rare bird eggs has been jailed. Daniel Lingham, 65, was spotted “head-to-toe in camouflage gear” picking eggs up off the ground in Norfolk in May. Police investigators later discovered a 5,266-egg hoard at his home, including specimens from endangered and rare species. Lingham, of Newton […]
Read more → 09 Nov 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
In November 2018, ten parties of poachers were apprehended and dealt with by West Mercia Police (WMP). During the activity numerous interviews have taken place and an air weapon has been seized. The activity comes as a result of information from the community, specifically an organised group called Poacherwatch. Poacherwatch is a group formed by […]
Read more → 01 Nov 2018
Posted by NWCU5 
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have launched a bid to take out a private prosecution against a coal company over the alleged destruction of a newt habitat. Campaign to Protect Pont Valley is seeking to taking action against Banks Group for “destroying the breeding and resting places of protected great crested newts” at Brooms Pond, on the […]
Read more → 15 Oct 2018
Posted by NWCU1 
WARNING: This article contains images which some readers may find disturbing. On Friday 12th October 2018, Mary Holliday Lamar, 51 years, of Ashover Road, Old Tupton, Derbyshire pleaded guilty at Chesterfield Magistrates Court to possessing a wild Peregrine falcon and keeping an unregistered Schedule 4 bird. Lamar, who is a US national now living in […]
Read more → 06 Oct 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
October 6th is National Badger Day! – a chance for all involved in Badger conservation and protection to celebrate just how magnificent and important one of our oldest native species is to the British countryside and its people. #nationalbadgerday #opbadger Source: Herts Wildlife Trust Did you know? · Badger Persecution has been a UK wildlife crime […]
Read more → 21 Sep 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
Police have launched an investigation after a once-rare bird of prey was shot out of the sky above Saddleworth Moor. The red kite was blasted within the Peak District National Park area. The killing has appalled conservationists. The re-introduction of the species has been a success story in recent decades after its numbers dropped […]
Read more → 20 Sep 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
A trader has pleaded guilty to selling clothing fashioned from endangered wild cats, authorities said. Timothy Norris illegally listed fur coats, hats and scarves for sale on eBay which had been created from leopards, ocelots, lynx and wolves, Scotland Yard said. The 40-year-old, from Surrey, pleaded guilty to illegally trading in endangered species at Croydon […]
Read more → 17 Sep 2018
Posted by NWCU4 
A group of agencies chaired by Natural England has joined forces to tackle the seasonal issue of illegal hare coursing. With the harvest now complete, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex police forces are working in partnership with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Natural England and the Country Land and Business Association to tackle […]
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