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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
28 Oct 2019
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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 […]
Read more → 21 Oct 2019
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On 15th October 2019, Michael TANG, 49, of Cardiff appeared at Cardiff Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to 18 charges contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and six charges contrary to the Customs and Excise Act 1979 relating to the illegal import and purchase of a number of skulls […]
Read more → 18 Oct 2019
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A Spalding man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for trading in illegal ivory, including buying unworked sections of illegal elephant tusks. Slawomir Kazmierczak, 55, of Redthorne Close, Spalding previously pleaded guilty to nine charges relating to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997. The nine charges relate to offences between […]
Read more → 15 Oct 2019
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A man who admitted destroying a roost for a protected species of bat has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,000. Iain Russell Turner, aged 50 and of The Street in Motcombe, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 11 October 2019 for an offence of damaging or destroying the […]
Read more → 07 Oct 2019
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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 […]
Read more → 25 Sep 2019
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Arron William HALSTEAD, 28 yrs of Glen View Road, Burnley appeared at Burnley Magistrates Court on Tuesday 23rd September 2019. Mr. Halstead was facing 21 charges contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997. The charges related to the prohibited trade of Rhino horns and skull, Tiger skulls and teeth, Elephant […]
Read more → 24 Sep 2019
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Two men who illegally exported carved ivory fans to Hong Kong and America have been sentenced. Guy Buckle, 62 (07.04.57) and Sik-Hung Or, 73 (15.06.46) of Champion Hill, SE5 were each sentenced to 28 months imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court on Monday, 23 September after pleading guilty to three counts of the illegal export […]
Read more → 02 Sep 2019
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Lincolnshire Police has launched Operation Galileo 2019/2020 to tackle hare coursing. The number of reports of hare coursing has significantly decreased in Lincolnshire since 2016. The drones return to the force’s Operation Galileo effort, to tackle rural crime, along with the additional Ford Rangers and other marked & unmarked 4×4 vehicles which the force uses to respond […]
Read more → 29 Aug 2019
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Police in North Yorkshire have warned poachers that their illegal behaviour will not be tolerated as autumn approaches. The seasonal trend of illegal hare coursing matches the farming calendar, meaning there is typically an increase in poaching offences in September and October, after crops have been harvested, and fields are left empty and open. North […]
Read more → 26 Aug 2019
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Geneva, 26 August 2019 – The most recent global wildlife enforcement operation, codenamed Operation Thunderball, involved 109 countries. It resulted in over 1,800 seizures across all continents and the arrest of close to 600 suspects. Such successful wildlife law-enforcement operations demonstrate what can be achieved when CITES Parties work together to crack down on wildlife crime. […]
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