A pensioner who accidentally snared a badger instead of the fox that was killing his prize chickens was fined £865 for wildlife crimes yesterday. William Stirling (73) set the traps on a hillside behind his house in Torphichen after foxes repeatedly raided his chicken run. Stirling believed his plan was foolproof. The free running wire […]

POLICE have warned of a spate of illegal deer poaching in north Lancashire and south Cumbria over the past few weeks. Officers in Lancashire said they have dealt with six reported cases in the past fortnight in the Hale, Leighton and Warton areas. It is believed that a group may be using high powered lamps, […]

Police are appealing for information after the decapitated bodies of animals including a cat and a goose were found in a park in west London. Residents claim that a dog and young squirrels were also among the beheaded animals discovered in Meanwhile Gardens, Westbourne Park, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Author: Kashmira Gander […]

Two deer have been brutally slaughtered and butchered at a park. The animals were found by Friends of Panshanger Park volunteers who had gathered at the site on Saturday morning to organise the regular walk around the area. The carcasses had been removed, with just the bloody skeletons and internal organs left behind. The deer […]

Two Preston men have been arrested in connection with illegal poaching in Lancashire. A 46 year old and 50 year old man have been bailed until January after Lancashire Police arrested them, and a 24 year old man from Carnforth, on suspicion of illegally hunting deer. Wildlife officers have dealt with a number of incidents […]

The world’s largest and most prestigious botanical garden, Kew receives 2 million visitors each year………. Shortly after two o’clock on the afternoon of Thursday, January 9, Nick Johnson, the 43-year-old manager of the conservatory …….. checked on the rarest, and most endangered, plant in the glasshouse, the Nymphaea thermarum, which is the smallest water lily […]

Wildlife Crime Officers from Lancashire Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit investigating the illegal trade in endangered species executed a search warrant at an address in the Burnley area on 23/10/2014.   Officers seized items including four Leopard skins, a Jaguar skull, a Sperm whale tooth and two stuffed Snowy owls, which are all included on […]