Breaking
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
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
49 individuals across Europe arrested in major blow to eels trafficking
Three tawny owls seized in wildlife crime raid on Cheshire home
Man and 16-year-old girl charged in connection with cruelty to a fox
Three men plead guilty to offences under the Night Poaching Act in Northamptonshire
Shot Red Kite found in Wiltshire
Two birds of prey found dead in Forest of Dean
Man who “corralled” Scarborough dolphins with speedboat sentenced for wildlife disturbance
Current UK priorities
CITES Issues
Current priorities of European Eel; Illegal Trade in Birds of Prey; Ivory; Medicinal & Health Products; Reptiles; Rhino Horn and Timber
Bird of Prey Crime
(including poisoning, egg theft, chick theft, taking from the wild and nest disturbance/destruction and to concentrate on golden eagle, goshawk, hen harrier, peregrine and white-tailed eagle)