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
08 Dec 2020
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The Environment Agency has forced its way on to a section of a river after reports it had been “bulldozed” in what the local wildlife trust described as a “crime against the environment”. The protected stretch of the River Lugg had been “completely obliterated”, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust said. It added the work would have “huge […]
Read more → 07 Dec 2020
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An angler who fished without permission on a Norfolk Broad has been found guilty of theft of fishing rights and a public order offence. Peter Regan, aged 69, of Oulton Broad in Suffolk, appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on Friday (20 November) after pleading not guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing. Despite […]
Read more → 07 Dec 2020
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A man has been sentenced following an investigation into the sale of jewellery containing elephant hair. Rajtharan Mahalingam, 40 (15.10.80) of Down Lane, Isle of Wight was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Tuesday, 24 November of seven counts of purchase / offer to purchase / sell / keep for sale / commercial use […]
Read more → 07 Dec 2020
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A picture from an advert on Facebook of a Norwegian golden eagle ended in a prison sentence of 1 year and 4 months. On 27 October 2020, the Alingsås District Court sentenced a man in his fifties for one year and four months in prison for aggravated crime against protected species and smuggling. This is […]
Read more → 30 Nov 2020
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North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information after a red kite was found poisoned in woodland near the A64 between Scampston and Rillington. The bird was found in April 2020 and immediately taken to a vet but unfortunately was in such terrible condition that the decision was made to put it to sleep. Results have […]
Read more → 26 Nov 2020
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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
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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 → 17 Nov 2020
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On 17th November 2020, a warrant was executed at a property in Barnsley in connection to the poisoning of a protected wild bird. In October, officers appealed for help in finding those responsible for poisoning a juvenile peregrine falcon in the Fish Dam area of Barnsley. Intelligence from the public assisted officers from the […]
Read more → 17 Nov 2020
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A man has been charged with theft in connection with an incident in the spring where Peregrine Falcon eggs were allegedly stolen in the Peak District. John Fenton, of Bridgemont, Whaley Bridge, was charged with the offence following an investigation by the Derbyshire Rural Crime Team and work by the RSPB. It follows an […]
Read more → 11 Nov 2020
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Bird of prey shot with air gun and left seriously injured in Scunthorpe WARNING: Contains graphic images A bird of prey has been shot with an air gun and left seriously injured in Scunthorpe.The sparrowhawk tried to fly to safety after the incident on Wednesday 11th November 2020 – but sadly crashed into a car […]
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