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
28 Aug 2020
Posted by NWCU4 A man has plead guilty to training his four dogs to violently bait wild animals following an investigation by the Scottish SPCA. 23-year-old Martin Davidson was found in possession of videos showing his dogs attacking foxes and posing with injured and dead animals. Davidson of Abbotsford Road, Lochore plead guilty to training his dogs for animal […]
Read more → 21 Aug 2020
Posted by NWCU4 THE RSPCA has revealed how cruel badger killers were only snared after one of them was arrested for a different crime. Releasing shocking images of the men for the first time, the animal welfare charity has condemned the barbaric cruelty as four men were handed suspended sentences for welfare against badgers and deer. Mobile footage […]
Read more → 11 Feb 2020
Posted by NWCU4 Avon and Somerset Police’s new Wildlife Officer has completed his first month in the role. PC Pete Wills, who was previously a community beat manager in Burnham-on-Sea, has taken up the role after 22 years with the Force. He grew up in the countryside and has always had a passion for wildlife, so this is […]
Read more → 14 Jan 2020
Posted by NWCU4 A Tonypandy man has been handed a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping animals after admitting interference with a badger sett near Whitland. Matthew Howell Jones, 38, of Jones Street, also admitted failing to get urgent veterinary treatment for his dog, with the black terrier struggling with ‘very worrying’ injuries that vets say are […]
Read more → 21 Aug 2019
Posted by NWCU4 Cyber Enabled Wildlife Crime Cyber-crime is an ‘umbrella’ term for lots of different types of crimes which either take place online or where technology is a means and/or target for the attack. It is one of the fastest growing criminal activities across the world, and can affect both individuals and businesses. The adopted definitions of […]
Read more → 21 Aug 2019
Posted by NWCU4 Campaigners call for stiffer penalties after Alan Wilson given community sentence A sheriff has criticised Scotland’s weak wildlife crime laws after a gamekeeper convicted of killing protected birds of prey and mammals avoided a prison term. Alan Wilson, 60, pleaded guilty in July to shooting and trapping badgers, an otter, goshawks and buzzards and installing […]
Read more → 30 Jul 2019
Posted by NWCU4 Four men have been sentenced for offences under the Badger Act 1992 and Animal Welfare Act 2006 after they were found interfering with a known badger sett in the village of Hovingham, North Yorkshire. Clint Dodd Daniel Joyce Michael Dodd Connor Pounder Clint Dodd, 23, Michael Dodd, 28, both […]
Read more → 12 Jun 2019
Posted by NWCU4 A gamekeeper convicted of animal cruelty has been allowed to continue keeping dogs. A terrier owned by Daniel Brockley, 30, was likely to have been injured by a badger defending itself. The Court also heard Brockley shared pictures of the Patterdale Terrier, named Rock, with a jaw injury apparently caused when the dog was working underground. Magistrates […]
Read more → 24 May 2019
Posted by NWCU4 A national group which aims to protect badgers from persecution has a new lead from North Yorkshire. Inspector Kevin Kelly, of North Yorkshire Police, has taken on the high-profile role in the Badger Persecution Priority Delivery Group, part of the UK [wildlife crime policing strategy]. As plan owner, Insp Kelly will lead the group’s work […]
Read more → 20 Jul 2018
Posted by NWCU6 A hunt master has been accused of illegally persecuting badgers after he was filmed setting a trap and baiting it with peanuts. The trap later caught a badger but the animal managed to escape before Christopher White returned. The footage was passed to the RSPCA, which said it had “given advice about the legal use […]
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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...