Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
Hoard of suspected poached deer skulls and fox tails uncovered after drugs raid in Nottinghamshire
National first as Essex poachers banned from owning dogs
Four men sentenced following hare coursing incidents in Stirling and the Borders
Fine for angler who gave false name to NRW enforcement officer
Blaenau Gwent man prosecuted for encouraging dog to enter a live badger sett
Carlisle man bludgeoned badger with shovel then tossed it to dogs
Warwickshire Hunt hit with notice from police amid concerns about 'dangers' on roads
Two Gwent fishermen caught and in court for illegal netting
Bird of prey poisoned, Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Dorset hunt master found guilty and fined £6,800
Fines for two men caught digging at active badger sett on Wrexham farm
Norfolk Gamekeeper admits killing birds of prey
Cwmbran man fined for fishing without a rod licence or permission to fish
Essex angler fined £240 after illegally fishing on the River Stour.
North Wales man posed with ‘severely injured’ dogs after using them for badger baiting
15 Jun 2022
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A dead kite which was shot has been found a public footpath in Wiltshire. Wiltshire Rural Crime Team posted on Facebook appealing for information, after the bird was found close to Hens Wood, Axford, on April 20th 2022. This followed a report from a member of the public. Further forensic work into the cause […]
Read more → 13 Jun 2022
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The carcasses of two birds of prey have been found beside a bus stop in Gloucestershire. Police are investigating after a dead goshawk and a dead sparrowhawk were found close to Aylburton in the Forest of Dean. The male goshawk was just shy of 17-years-old and X-rays show it had been killed with a shotgun. […]
Read more → 11 Jun 2022
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A man has been sentenced after he was prosecuted for disturbing dolphins off the North Yorkshire coast. On 9 July 2021 Christopher Barker, 45, from Brompton-by-Sawdon, was seen to drive his high-powered speedboat numerous times around a pod of bottlenose dolphins feeding close to the shore off Scarborough’s South Bay. His actions – described […]
Read more → 02 Jun 2022
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A Wiltshire gamekeeper has been sentenced after he was found in possession of dead buzzards, red kites and a herring gull. On 1st June 2022, Archie Watson, 21, was ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community order for being in possession of five dead buzzards, three red […]
Read more → 30 May 2022
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A farmer pleaded guilty to cockfighting and other animal offences and was banned from owning cockerels and dogs for 10 years. Jack William Haskell, from Wareham, Dorset, was charged after police raided a property and seized a phone with a video of him involved in cockfighting. Another video showed a fox being attacked by a […]
Read more → 30 May 2022
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Archie James Watson, a 21 year old gamekeeper/farm worker from Pewsey has been summoned to appear before Swindon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 25 May at 10am, on 6 charges under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and 3 Firearms Offences. The case has been brought after almost two years of detailed investigation and forensic analysis in […]
Read more → 30 May 2022
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A joint initiative to tackle hare coursing across the East of England has led to the first person to be fined for breaching a Community Protection Notice (CPN) served under the scheme. Sydney Samuels, 33, of Oxford Gardens, Maidstone, was handed a £400 fine when he appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on 19 May 2022. […]
Read more → 27 May 2022
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A protected bird of prey found dead in a ditch had been shot and then glued to a bamboo stick, police have said. The sparrowhawk, which had been killed with a pellet gun, was dumped in a drainage ditch inside a plastic bag in Thorne, near Doncaster. It was discovered by a member of the […]
Read more → 27 May 2022
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Police have carried out searches at several locations this week (27 May 2022) in connection with suspected raptor persecution and poisoning of birds of prey. Officers from Durham and Northumbria attended the addresses across the two force areas following information received from the public. Suspicious substances were seized from some of the locations and taken […]
Read more → 29 Apr 2022
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Police have advised dog walkers to keep their pets on a lead in a forest in case they are poisoned. Dorset Police said a dead buzzard was found in the Ashmore area of Dorset, though its cause of death is yet to be determined. The poisoning of three white-tailed eagles was also investigated by police earlier this […]
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