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2025-2028 NPCC Wildlife & Rural Crime Strategy
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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
21 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “In September 2013, Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland (WRI) ran Ireland’s first All-Ireland Wildlife Crime Conference. It brought together an extremely diverse audience of over 150 delegates, for a weekend of talks and practical sessions, with the intention of promoting greater understanding, cooperation and communication between the law enforcement agencies, charities, NGOs and the public in general.” […]
Read more → 19 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU4 
Rhinos under Threat, produced by UNTV in collaboration with the CITES Secretariat, is the first video featured in the UNSTORIES. The UNSTORIES is a new outreach programme of the United Nations featuring video series tailored for the web that showcases the work of the United Nations, and its Agencies, Funds and Programmes. To see the […]
Read more → 15 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “A television wildlife expert who appeared on Alan Titchmarsh’s chat show has walked free from court despite being convicted of keeping more than 70 exotic animals in ‘unspeakable’ conditions. Stephen Rowlands, 32, made regular television appearances and taught schoolchildren across the UK about the rare creatures with his company Tropical Inc.The company, which teaches school […]
Read more → 15 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “The Obama administration fed six tons (5.4 tonnes) of ivory trinkets – all made from the tusks of dead elephants – into a giant blue industrial rock crusher on Thursday to demonstrate its resolve to end an illegal $10bn (£6bn) trade that is funding international crime and terrorism. The highly symbolic act of destruction at […]
Read more → 15 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Eight live big cats, tortoises, hippo teeth and a Rolls Royce upholstered with alligator skin were seized by UK border officials in a record year for endangered animal items. More of these items were confiscated in the year up to April 2013 than in any other year, the Home Office has said. One of the […]
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 13, 2013 I am proud to announce the State Department’s first-ever reward for information leading to the dismantling of a transnational criminal organization, as part of our new Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program. The involvement of sophisticated transnational criminal organizations in wildlife trafficking perpetuates corruption, […]
Read more → 11 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 
New ACPO lead for Wildlife and Rural Crime appointed 11th November 2013 Chief Constable Simon Prince of Dyfed-Powys Police has been appointed as the new ACPO lead on Wildlife and Rural Crime. CC Prince will be attending the 25th National Wildlife Crime Enforcers Conference in a few weeks time.
Read more → 11 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Landowners, gamekeepers and country sports enthusiasts in Angus are being urged to join Police Scotland in their fight against illegal poaching in the area. They are being recruited to become the force’s additional “eyes and ears” in a new Poacher Watch scheme being launched cross the region. The scheme, which will be officially launched at […]
Read more → 08 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “More suspected rhino poachers have been arrested so far this year than were taken into custody for the whole of last year but rhino poaching continues unabated with 825 carcasses bearing mute testimony to the continued slaughter of this Big Five species. This translates into 2.7 rhinos a day, with the Kruger National park still […]
Read more → 07 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Representatives from 6 European countries gathered in London over the past two days to discuss how to increase the numbers of young people going fishing, at a conference hosted by the Angling Trust on behalf of the European Anglers’ Alliance. Angling has been shown to be highly beneficial for the development of young people and […]
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