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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
18 Jan 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
Do you know the laws about photographing wildlife? Recent allegations of photographers disturbing otters, capercaillie, osprey and seals around Scotland during the last 12 months have raised quite a bit of interest in this topic. While police investigation still continues into these incidents – three of which occurred in the spring and summer of 2015 […]
Read more → 12 Jan 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
A man who tried to sell the heads of monkeys and leopards on eBay has been sentenced. George Bush, 63, of Riverdale Road, Erith, south east London, also possessed sexual images of animals, Woolwich Crown Court heard. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years. Bush admitted four charges relating to […]
Read more → 18 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
Officers conducted a search of a property in Annalong after receiving information that a barn owl was being offered for sale through a social media site. The owl was seized by police during the search on Friday, 18 December 2015. Barn Owls are legislated for under the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985 as amended by the […]
Read more → 18 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU6 “TEENAGER Aaron Christiansen has created an app for reporting poaching as part of Project Poacher, a new national campaign to combat wildlife crime. The 15-year-old’s app, created in his spare time, makes it easy to use a mobile phone to report to the police suspicious activities that might be linked to poaching. The app can […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
Police launch investigation after carcass of animal is found on riverbank It’s one of our most beloved mammals – but this otter was found with its neck caught in the jaws of a trap at the weekend. Police are investigating a possible wildlife crime after the discovery of the carcass on the banks of the […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
Four barn owls have been seized by police following a search operation in the Craigavon area Officers conducted a search of a property in Lurgan on Saturday after it was reported that barn owls were being held and sold over the internet. To hold a barn owl you must apply for a licence from the […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 Border Force and the NWCU have won the WWF sponsored 2015 Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year Award for their outstanding contribution towards Operation Cobra 3 which specifically targetted the illegal wildlife trade. Samantha Trackman (Border Force) and Helen Bulmer (NWCU) are pictured here being presented with their award by Chief Constable Simon Prince during […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU6 
A 24 year old taxidermy dealer has been jailed today (7th December 2015) for a total of 24 weeks at Burnley Crown Court. Aaron William Halstead of Glen View Road, Burnley was sentenced to 4 consecutive sentences of 6 weeks (total 24 weeks) for 4 offences contrary to the Control in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations […]
Read more → 01 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
A self-employed game farmer has pled guilty to wildlife offences, leading to the second conviction in Scotland by vicarious liability for wildlife crime against wild birds. At Stirling Sheriff Court, Graham Christie was fined a total of £3,200 after admitting his liability for the crimes committed by James O’Reilly, a gamekeeper employed by him. O’Reilly […]
Read more → 24 Nov 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
A £1,000 reward has been offered after a rare falcon was shot and killed in Cambridgeshire in a “sickening” attack. Cambridgeshire Police, the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the RSPB are appealing for anyone with information about the shooting of a rare red-footed falcon to come forward after the body of the protected bird of […]
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