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
14 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “A TOWN police team is winning the fight against countryside crime in its outlying areas but insists the battle goes on. Officers in Ferryhill have seen a reduction in the number of incidents of wildlife crime such as poaching in the last year. But PCSO Craig Hilton, who covers Chilton, Windlestone and Rushyford, aims to […]
Read more → 14 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU4 “A specialist training course which saw Lancashire police officers join forces with their neighbours to tackle wildlife crime has been praised by the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Lancashire Constabulary and Cumbria Police joined forces to deliver specialist training to 30 wildlife crime officers from both forces at Lancashire’s Hutton headquarters, with support from the […]
Read more → 10 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“Just past the very inquisitive meerkats, up the hill beyond the café and around the corner from the snuffling warty pigs, is a wall and a door. It’s at the very edge of Edinburgh Zoo – walk any further and you’ll be strolling up Kaimes Road – and the door’s bland, tattered appearance suggests what […]
Read more → 08 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
Some online postings have appeared over the last few days which make allegations of improper conduct regarding an on-going investigation into a poisoned Peregrine Falcon found in Lanarkshire in February this year. NWCU are supporting Police Scotland in their investigation of this poisoning incident, which was reported by a member of the public. Formal operational procedures have […]
Read more → 03 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
Two women have been jailed for a year following the seizure of 13 endangered iguanas at Heathrow. Romanian nationals Angla-Alina Bita, 26, and Vitora-Oliva Bucsa, 24, were arrested after the animals were found by Border Force officers carrying out customs checks at Heathrow Terminal 5 on Monday 3 February. They had arrived on a […]
Read more → 03 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
The United Kingdom played a major part in the success of Project PREDATOR and Operation PREY in particular. This was based upon three elements coordinated by the National Wildlife Crime Unit: 1. Operation PREY: 21st May-1st June 2012: Nepal The UK was invited to support one of the Tiger range states taking part in the […]
Read more → 03 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
“Lyon, France – A new INTERPOL report has underlined the need for greater operational and investigative responses to the highly lucrative illicit tiger trade if the species is to avoid extinction. With both small-scale opportunistic criminals and organized crime networks using constantly changing tactics and more innovative and sophisticated methods to avoid detection, the report […]
Read more → 02 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Chatham House is assessing the scale and effectiveness of the response to illegal logging and the related trade around the world. Six new countries have been assessed for the project, reports on an additional 3 producer (Democratic Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea and Republic of Congo), 1 processing (Thailand) and 2 consumer (India and […]
Read more → 02 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Lancashire and Cumbria Police recently joined forces to train up 30 Wildlife Crime Officers. Officers from both forces attended a week long course at Lancashire Police HQ, where they received specialist training on a wide range wildlife crime topics, including ‘Illegal Trade in Endangered Species’, ‘Badgers’, Birds and the Law’, ‘Poaching and Traps’, ‘Poisons and […]
Read more → 01 Apr 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“The number of birds of prey found dead within a two-mile area has now risen to 16. Four buzzards and 12 red kites have been found in the last two weeks near Conon Bridge in the Highlands. The RSPB described the number as “shocking” and has now put up a £5,000 reward for information relating […]
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