NWCU and Europol meet to combat illegal trade in eels
North Yorkshire Police officer takes on national badger protection role
Suspected illegal owl trade - investigation progresses in West Midlands
WDC and NWCU launch public awareness drive to counter increasing dolphin disturbance
Conviction for bat crime in Cumbria
London company fined £18,000 for illegally destroying building where protected bats roosted
Gloucester man convicted for selling African Grey Parrot
Sightseers 'causing undue seal stress' in Aberdeenshire
Drones could disturb Suffolk's rare birds, pilots warned
Operation EASTER 2019 ~ stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Cutting edge technology to provide new insight into lives of Scotland’s Golden Eagles
Hen harriers 'vanishing due to illegal killing' - study
North Yorkshire Gamekeeper found guilty for failing to check a snare which led to badger death
Thames Valley Police bat crime conviction
Londonderry PSNI investigate potential wildlife poisoning
Wildlife experts successfully rear 17 rare birds of prey seized from international egg smuggler
Five men jailed over badger baiting in Humberside
Wildlife criminal jailed for rare bird eggs importation attempt
11 Dec 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
The first Badger Persecution Report for Northern Ireland, covering 2015, has been released. Click here [Badger Persecution Report Northern Ireland 2015] for the 2015 report into Badger Persecution Northern Ireland.
Read more → 11 Dec 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Police Scotland acknowledges the conviction of Keith Riddoch, who has been convicted of the reckless killing of a buzzard in the Badenoch and Strathspey area. The 65-year-old from Aberdeenshire was found guilty of an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 following a trial at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday, December 11. Riddoch shot […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Police in Derbyshire, assisted by officers from the National Wildlife Crime Unit and Animal and Plant Health Agency, have executed a search warrant in the Chesterfield area, which resulted in the seizure of a number live falcons. Enquiries are continuing.
Read more → 28 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
The latest Raptor Persecution & Poisoning Report for Northern Ireland, covering 2015 and 2016, has been released. The main points are; 12 more confirmed raptor victims of persecution in Northern Ireland in 2015 and 2016 (6 buzzards, 5 peregrines, 1 sparrowhawk) Victims were poisoned (7) and shot (5) 7 incidents occurred in areas where […]
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
A 40-year-old Irish man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in the United States for his role in smuggling rhinoceros horn. Michael Hegarty, part of international criminal gang the Rathkeale Rovers, pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced in a federal court in Miami. Judge Donald Middlebrooks sentenced Hegarty to 18 months […]
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
A man has been jailed for attempting to sell elephant tusks and rhino horns. Abbas Allawi, 52, (02/02/1965) of Gisburne Way, Hertfordshire was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 9 November to 14 months’ imprisonment for offences relating to the illegal purchase, keeping for sale and selling parts of endangered species. On Monday, 19 […]
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
Police in Ards have been working with the National Wildlife Crime Unit as part of an investigation into trade of rare endangered plants Inspector Jonathan Francey said: “A few months ago, we conducted a number of searches in the Comber area in relation the trade of rare endangered plants. As a result of these searches […]
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by NWCU4 
The new RSPB report contains 2016 data on wild bird crime, an interactive map showing raptor persecution incidents in 2016, case studies of shooting, poisoning and trapping incidents and focus reports on hen harriers, North Yorkshire and satellite tagging. With no real improvement in the problem of raptor persecution over the last 17 years, the […]
Read more → 23 Oct 2017
Posted by NWCU1 
Michael Hegarty, 40, an Irish national, pled guilty on Friday, September 29, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Miami to fraudulently facilitating the transportation and concealment of a Libation Cup carved from an endangered rhinoceros horn, that was illegally smuggled from the United States to Great Britain. The guilty plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General […]
Read more → 23 Oct 2017
Posted by NWCU1 
Trade in fins, meat and other products from silky and thresher sharks subject to strict regulation starting 4th October 2017 Geneva, 4 October 2017 – The wait is over. As of today, international trade in silky and thresher sharks will be regulated through strict CITES trade controls. As such, any trade in these species from this […]
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