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Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon eggs jailed
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching Bat Mitigation Licence
Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training programme
PSNI investigate death of two white-tailed eagles
PSNI launch Operation SUBRISION to deter and detect rural and wildlife crime
27 May 2020
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Analysis shows buzzard killed by combination of four different pesticides North Yorkshire Police is urging pet owners to be vigilant after analysis of a dead buzzard found near Pateley Bridge showed the presence of four pesticides in its system which are believed to be the cause of death. In March 2020, a member of the […]
Read more → 25 May 2020
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A housing developer has avoided jail after demolishing a Derbyshire bungalow despite knowing it was home to bats. In 2018, an application was made to North East Derbyshire District Council by a local developer to demolish an existing bungalow in Amber Lane, Ashover and, in its place, build a new dwelling. An ecologist’s survey identified […]
Read more → 21 May 2020
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Police have raised concerns after three birds of prey were found dead in the Staffordshire Moorlands. On Saturday (16 May) a buzzard and peregrine falcon were sadly discovered dead in a wooded area of Longnor, and yesterday (Tuesday 19 May) a second peregrine falcon was found dead near Wetton. As there were no visible signs […]
Read more → 20 May 2020
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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 […]
Read more → 07 May 2020
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North Yorkshire Police are investigating after incident in which bird appears to have been shot . A member of the public was walking on a footpath near Belford Lane, Kirkby Malzeard, on 13 April 2020 when they found an injured buzzard. After seeking expert help, the bird was caught and taken to a local vet […]
Read more → 19 Apr 2020
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Three red kites have been shot and killed, with police and the RSPB launching an investigation into the killings. The bodies of the three protected red kites were discovered in the Tregynon area, near Newtown, on Sunday evening (19th April 2020). A villager was out walking with her family when she found two of the […]
Read more → 14 Apr 2020
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Police in Gloucestershire have reported a spate of poaching incidents in April in the Cotswolds. There have been six separate poaching incidents in the past few weeks. The Rural Crime Team released a series of graphic images on Twitter of dead deer which had been found on land close to Sapperton, Calmsden, and Cheerington. In […]
Read more → 09 Apr 2020
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Police Scotland can confirm that a 64-year-old man has been charged with a number of wildlife crime offences in the Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway. Extensive investigations have been ongoing into the deaths of upwards of 20 birds of prey and other wild birds in the Springholm area near Castle Douglas between 2018 […]
Read more → 16 Mar 2020
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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, […]
Read more → 13 Mar 2020
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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. […]
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