Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
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
29 Apr 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
A 56 year old woman from Thornaby, Cleveland has received a caution for buying and selling derivatives of endangered species, including tiger claws. Officers from the National Wildlife Crime Unit identified a trader on Ebay who appeared to be selling tiger claws without the required permits. The seller was subsequently identified. On 18th April 2016 officers […]
Read more → 27 Apr 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
Wildlife crime officers from Hampshire Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit investigating the illegal trade in endangered species seized a number of items originating from protected species in a house in the Eastleigh area of Hampshire. Officers had identified a man who was trading illegally on the Internet and as a result they executed […]
Read more → 07 Apr 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
Peter Fraser 67 years of Bardsey Place, Longbenton appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates Court yesterday (06/04/2016) where he pleaded guilty to fraud by misrepresentation and 7 offences contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997. The offences all related to the illegal trade in birds’ eggs. In November 2015 the National […]
Read more → 01 Apr 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
Wildlife crime officers from South Yorkshire Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit investigating the illegal trade in endangered species have seized around 100x endangered species of butterflies from a house in the Barnsley area. Officers had identified man who was trading illegally on the internet and as a result they executed a search warrant […]
Read more → 21 Mar 2016
Posted by NWCU4
On Monday 29th February 2016, fourteen men linked to an organised crime gang were convicted of plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefacts worth up to £57m in a series of museum and auction house raids. Click here to read the full article. When rhino horn thefts first began to be reported in 2012, […]
Read more → 01 Mar 2016
Posted by NWCU1 
Following a 6 day trial at Reading Crown Court the jury returned a guilty verdict on 4 offences relating to the sale and advertising for sale, via eBay, of antlers from CITES protected species namely Marsh Deer and Pampas Deer. Investigations by Thames Valley Police assisted by the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) identified the […]
Read more → 26 Jan 2016
Posted by NWCU6 
Amanda Mason of Oxfordshire was convicted on 25th January 2016 at Hammersmith Magistrates Court of selling Ocelot fur cushions at the Olympia Horse Show in London in 2014. She had been warned about selling similar items at previous shows but when she was seen again Sarah Bailey of the Met Police Wildlife Crime Unit reported […]
Read more → 12 Jan 2016
Posted by NWCU4 
A man who tried to sell the heads of monkeys and leopards on eBay has been sentenced. George Bush, 63, of Riverdale Road, Erith, south east London, also possessed sexual images of animals, Woolwich Crown Court heard. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years. Bush admitted four charges relating to […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 
Four barn owls have been seized by police following a search operation in the Craigavon area Officers conducted a search of a property in Lurgan on Saturday after it was reported that barn owls were being held and sold over the internet. To hold a barn owl you must apply for a licence from the […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU6 
A 24 year old taxidermy dealer has been jailed today (7th December 2015) for a total of 24 weeks at Burnley Crown Court. Aaron William Halstead of Glen View Road, Burnley was sentenced to 4 consecutive sentences of 6 weeks (total 24 weeks) for 4 offences contrary to the Control in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations […]
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