Fine for angler who gave false name to NRW enforcement officer
Blaenau Gwent man prosecuted for encouraging dog to enter a live badger sett
Carlisle man bludgeoned badger with shovel then tossed it to dogs
Warwickshire Hunt hit with notice from police amid concerns about 'dangers' on roads
Two Gwent fishermen caught and in court for illegal netting
Bird of prey poisoned, Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Dorset hunt master found guilty and fined £6,800
Fines for two men caught digging at active badger sett on Wrexham farm
Norfolk Gamekeeper admits killing birds of prey
Cwmbran man fined for fishing without a rod licence or permission to fish
Essex angler fined £240 after illegally fishing on the River Stour.
North Wales man posed with ‘severely injured’ dogs after using them for badger baiting
Illegal Tree Felling Prosecution in Northern Ireland
Sperm whale teeth seized and Oxford man arrested
Northampton medicine practitioner pleads guilty to illegal trade of endangered species
Housebuilding director fined for Aberdeen badger sett damage
2022-2025 NPCC Wildlife & Rural Crime Strategy launched
Welsh developers fined £7400 for Bat Offences
Two Chester men given five-year criminal behaviour orders for Hare poaching in West Lancashire
Crimes against wildlife are widespread, numerous and varied. However, the NWCU has limited resources and, accordingly, has to focus its efforts to gain maximum impact. NWCU is therefore informed by the wildlife crime Conservation Advisory Group in relation to the current conservation status of UK species.
The wildlife crime Conservation Advisory Group is comprised of:
The WCCAG assess the conservation importance of species and habitats and the importance of enforcement intervention.
Together with reports from police forces as to volume of wildlife crime, the NWCU prepare a two-yearly Strategic Assessment, which is presented to the UKTCG (UK Tasking & Co-ordination Group) for wildlife crime. The UKTCG, chaired by the Chief Constable Wildlife Crime lead, decide the UK wildlife crime priority areas. The priority areas are the ones which have been assessed as posing the greatest current threat to either the conservation status of a species or which show the highest volume of crime and therefore they are those that are assessed as requiring an immediate UK-wide tactical response.
Each priority areas have implementation plans with plan owners and leads identified for the prevention and enforcement of crimes.