“Joel Martin, 20 yrs, of Clayton Crescent, Waterthorpe, Sheffield appeared at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 16th June 2015 and pleaded guilty to possessing two wild tawny owls and possessing a trap capable of being used to take wild birds.  A further charge of taking two owls from a nest in the Sheffield area was withdrawn.  […]

An experienced owl breeder from Norfolk has been fined for offences relating to the sale of owls.   On 15th May 2015, Michael Geoffrey Horne 45 yrs, of Church Road, Tilney St Lawrence, pleaded guilty at Norfolk Crown Court to 3 offences contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997.  In […]

” Police are searching for 17 rare monkeys stolen from a zoo in central France. Thieves took seven golden lion tamarins and 10 silvery marmosets, which all belong to the Brazilian government, from the Beauval zoo on Saturday. “These are extremely rare, extremely fragile monkeys,” zoo director Rodolphe Delord said. Concern is mounting for the […]

“A man has been arrested after he was allegedly caught with 22 rare birds stuffed inside plastic water bottles on a passenger ship in the city of Surabaya, eastern Java. Police confiscated 21 yellow-crested cockatoos and an unspecified number of green parrots from a 37-year-old man alighting at the  Port of Tanjung Pera, which are […]

“The “unsung heroes” who make Suffolk the “fantastic” county it is were celebrated yesterday at the British Empire Medal ceremony. Six people who were honoured by The Queen on New Year’s Day attended the Countess of Euston’s home in west Suffolk where Lady Clare, the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk and Her Majesty’s representative in the […]