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 […]

On Monday 28/10/2019, Arron William Halstead, 28 yrs., of Glen View Road, Burnley appeared at Burnley Crown Court charged with 21 offences contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997.  Halstead pleaded guilty to 3 offences of ‘prohibited offering for sale Annex ‘A’ species’, namely a Rhinoceros skull, a Sawfish rostrum […]

Lee Wellings, 45 yrs., of Scholars Walk, Walsall appeared at Walsall Magistrates Court (24/10/2019), where he pleaded guilty to 13 charges relating to illegal possession of and trade in barn owls.   The case was the result of a protracted investigation by West Midlands Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit.    As the result […]

An Irish man who smuggled a cup made from a protected rhinoceros horn inside his luggage on a flight from Miami to London was sentenced to 14 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Richard Sheridan pleaded guilty on Tuesday 1st October 2019 to trafficking an artifact made from the […]