Police said three narrow-leaved helleborines had been ‘deliberately uprooted’ Police have launched a probe after three “extremely rare” wild orchids popular on the black market were taken in May 2020. North Wales Police’s Rural Crime Team said three narrow-leaved helleborines, which are classified as facing a “high risk” of extinction in the wild, were taken […]

A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade. Critically endangered eels have been sold recently in Hong Kong stores, despite bans on their international trade, according to DNA evidence. The discovery raises concerns about the scale at which illegal wildlife products are entering the supply chain, […]

Robert Evans, from Rotherham, admitted illegally having 10 unringed goldfinches, failing to ensure their needs were met and having a wild bird trap. He was disqualified from keeping birds for three years, given a community order with a two-month curfew between 9pm and 7am and ordered to pay £100 costs and a £192 victim surcharge. […]

A campsite owner has been jailed for two months after he deliberately killed an otter that had become trapped in a net. Stuart Karl John Jones, 54, of Chilthorne Domer, was sentenced after pleading guilty to deliberately killing a wild animal of a European protected species, namely a Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), contrary to the […]