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Monmouthshire man guilty of destroying habitat containing Dormice, Slow Worm, Grass Snake, Great Crested Newts, Bats and Badgers

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

Carlisle man bludgeoned badger with shovel then tossed it to dogs

Warwickshire Hunt hit with notice from police amid concerns about 'dangers' on roads

Gloucestershire man fined after messages showed him bragging and admitting to the illegal hunting of foxes

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


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ISO-Alan-Roberts-suitable-dressed-during-Operation-Eel-licit-March-2019-©-NWCU
Guar-Bison-horns-seized-during-execution-of-a-warrant-by-Derbyshire-police-September-2018-©-IG
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Gorilla-skull-containing-pieces-of-shot-seized-by-South-Wales-Police-July-2018-©-IG
Golden-Eagle-inspected-during-an-enquiry-by-APHA-and-Avon-and-Somerset-Police-August-2019-©-IG
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Midden. L.Campbell
Peregrine from the protected nest in Kent survives!
Peregrine Falcon chicks at a secret location in Kent which had been protected by the police from thieves after year on year attacks
Hermann's Tortoise ~ part of a consignment through Heathrow ARC
Caught with rabbit in hand by Kent Police
A consignment of Hermann's Tortoises through Heathrow ARC
Still image from video of badger bait (Copy)
Smuggled Spur-thighed tortoises (Copy)
Shot barn owl (Copy)
Patterdale terrier used in badger digging suffered serious injuries (Copy)
Egg collector at an Osprey nest (Copy)
Both these Short-eared owls had been shot (Copy)
badger bait live (Copy)
Night patrols in Thames Valley
Wildlife Crime Officers on patrol in Thames Valley
Farmer being visited in Thames Valley
Gamekeeper being visited in Thames Valley
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Dean Kingham, PWCO Thames Valley, with raptor egg
School visits in Thames Valley
Piece of Rhino horn being sold illegally (Copy)
badger run2 (Copy)
badgersett1 (Copy)
brownhare1A (Copy)
Close up of snared badger's scull which had decomposed
Badger which had been snared and died. The land owner did not know that traps had been set.
snare with stop (Copy)
Egg blowing kit seized during raid (Copy)
Egg seized during raid (Copy)
Hoodie 1 (Copy)
Ivory carving smuggled by post from UK to New Zealand (Copy)
This horse from Kent died from this horrific cruelty
Black kite sold illegally - the bird is believed to have been taken from the wild (Copy)
Home made snare which trapped a domestic cat in Sittingbourne Kent
Illegally held poisons and pesticides (Copy)
Banned Cymag found on a farm (Copy)
Two rhino horns, which were intended to be smuggled to China (Copy)
Seized Rhino horn. (Copy)
Seized taxidermy (Copy)
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Firearms offences during a raid (Copy)
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Smuggled African Hawk Eagle (Copy)
Wahlberg's eagle smuggled into UK from South Africa (Copy)
Illegally imported caviar being sold in the UK (Copy)
NWCU Officer gets friendly with a Sulcatta tortoise during a warrant (Copy)
Ring-tailed lemurs be kept without permits (Copy)
Spur-thighed tortoises being sold without permits (Copy)
Over-sized leg ring on a wild bird (Copy)
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NWCU Officer examines Traditional Medicines for endangered species (Copy)
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Dead geckos found during a raid (Copy)
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Spur-thighed tortoises being sold illegally.  Probably smuggled from Tunisia (Copy)
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