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
Lewisham man convicted for illegally exporting ivory
Operation EASTER launched for 2023 - stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
Hoard of suspected poached deer skulls and fox tails uncovered after drugs raid in Nottinghamshire
National first as Essex poachers banned from owning dogs
Four men sentenced following hare coursing incidents in Stirling and the Borders
Fine for angler who gave false name to NRW enforcement officer
Blaenau Gwent man prosecuted for encouraging dog to enter a live badger sett
07 Sep 2021
Posted by NWCU1 Operation Wingspan, a year-long campaign to tackle wildlife crime, working with partners, including the Partnership Against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Scotland, has seen considerable success and is now entering its final phase. This involves officers working on the persecution of fresh water pearl mussels and tackling all aspects of poaching, including hare coursing. As with previous […]
Read more → 03 May 2021
Posted by NWCU4 POLICE SCOTLAND LAUNCH FORTH PHASE OF OPERATION WINGSPAN, AS PART OF YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE WILDLIFE CRIME IN SCOTLAND. Police Scotland’s yearlong focus on wildlife crime is now concentrating on Raptor Persecution. Raptor Persecution is a highly emotive subject and as such receives a significant amount of interest from members of the public, particularly in […]
Read more → 25 Feb 2021
Posted by NWCU4 POLICE SCOTLAND LAUNCH THIRD PHASE OF OPERATION WINGSPAN, AS PART OF YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE WILDLIFE CRIME IN SCOTLAND. Police Scotland’s yearlong focus on wildlife crime is now concentrating on bat crime. All ten species of bats found in Scotland are protected. It is an offence to capture, injure or kill a bat, disturb a […]
Read more → 20 Dec 2020
Posted by NWCU4 Northern Ireland badger crime remains widespread, new badger report reveals A report highlighting the disturbance of badgers and destruction of their setts in Northern Ireland has stated that there were 155 incidents concerning potential crimes against badgers reported to the PSNI during the period 2016-18. Published by the “Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime […]
Read more → 16 Dec 2020
Posted by NWCU4 Police Scotland lauch second phase of Operation Wingspan, as part of year-long campaign to tackle wildlife crime in Scotland. Op Wingspan phase two – tackling badger persecution, is running now until end of January 2021. The charity Scottish Badgers will be working with Police Scotland to support officer training and in the identification and […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2020
Posted by NWCU4 At the Badger Trust Groups Meeting held online on Saturday 28th November 2020, Craig Fellowes, the recently appointed Crime and Training Director for the Trust, launched a new video introduced by Mike Dilger, the well known TV Presenter, Natural History Film Maker and Patron of Essex Badger Group, called ‘Stopping Badger Crime’. ‘Stopping Badger Crime’ […]
Read more → 26 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 A 34-year-old man has been banned from keeping animals for life after being found guilty of badger baiting and animal cruelty offences. Robert King, from Motherwell, was sentenced on 26th November 2020, at Lanark Sheriff Court after being found guilty of two charges under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and a charge under the […]
Read more → 18 Nov 2020
Posted by NWCU4 A farm worker has been jailed for causing “gratuitous suffering” to animals by badger baiting. Damien Sweeney, 34, from Treuddyn, near Mold, Flintshire, was arrested when graphic video footage of his dogs attacking and killing badgers was found on his phone. He was found guilty of 12 charges relating to badger baiting at an earlier […]
Read more → 06 Oct 2020
Posted by NWCU4 On #NationalBadgerDay, the Badger Persecution Priority Delivery Group have published the new edition of their newsletter! Badger Persecution PDG Newsletter ~ Issue 3 – Oct 2020 Badgers are, of course, our Animal of the Month – see here.
Read more → 06 Oct 2020
Posted by NWCU4 Badgers have been much in the news recently because of the cull. But badgers have problems other than being culled – they are frequent targets of violent individuals who dig them from their setts and subject them to extreme cruelty before eventually killing them. Badgers are also coursed with large dogs, often bull lurchers, and […]
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If you witness a suspected wildlife crime in action call 999 immediately and ask for the police.
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Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon...
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty...
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major...
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching...Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable...
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training...