Yesterday evening (05/02/2014) the UK Government committed to funding the NWCU until 2016 in its document, ‘UK commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade’: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277772/pb14129-commitment-action-illegal-wildlife-trade.pdf In response to the announcement the Association of Chief Police Officers lead on Wildlife and Rural Crime, Chief Constable Simon Prince said: “The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) has […]

“France destroys confiscated ivory worth around €6 million in front of the Eiffel Tower, ahead of a London summit on fighting the illegal wildlife trade. More than three tons of ivory worth around €6 million (£5m) were on Thursday pulverised yards from the Eiffel Tower in a public display of France’s commitment to an international […]

“The CITES Secretariat is pleased to make available today the logo created to celebrate the first World Wildlife Day (3 March 2014) as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. We welcome all countries, organizations and all interested individuals to make use of the logo in their celebration of the first World Wildlife Day.” To […]

“Cases of hare coursing in Suffolk have gone down by a third since an operation to target the illegal activity began last year, police have said. There were 300 incidents reported from September 2012 to March last year and officers said that figure had gone down this winter. Suffolk Police joined Operation Galileo in September. […]

“Last night (22/1), the wildlife officer for Aylesbury, PC Dean Kingham, led a deer poaching operation using low light equipment. The operation came after the England and Wales Poaching Priority Delivery Group launched a national campaign titled Project Trespass on the 1 October 2013. The aim of Project Trespass is to coordinate a response to […]

“LYON, France – South Africa has requested INTERPOL Purple Notices in order to locate two vessels whose operators are suspected of illegal fishing and of subjecting their crews to labour and human rights abuses. The two fishing vessels, Samudera Pasific No 8 and Berkat Menjala No 23, were among a fleet of 10 arrested by […]