29 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“One of Britain’s most important wildlife sites – the Warren between Dover and Folkestone – is being damaged by crime and anti-social behaviour. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest designated as of national interest for wildlife by Natural England, and anyone damaging it is committing a criminal offence. “Much of the Warren has […]

 27 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Angling and fishery organisations have today welcomed an announcement from the Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon that plans are being drawn up to remove products containing the dangerous insecticide chlorpyrifos from domestic sale. Mr Benyon was responding to strong representations from the Angling Trust, the national representative body for anglers, and fishery owners along the […]

 27 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“A British businessman who sold fake bomb and ivory detectors has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a court in the United Kingdom. 47 year old Gary Bolton sold the devices, which were nothing more than empty boxes with handles and antennae, for up to GBP10,000 (USD15,600) each, claiming they could detect drugs, […]

 26 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“A major wildlife trafficker in the Republic of Guinea in Africa has been sentenced to maximum prison term available to the judge. Despite heading up a wildlife trading ring that could keep a well sized zoo stocked the judge could only pass a 12 month prison term – the maximum sentence for the crime in […]

 23 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU1

GUWAHATI: With armed militants increasingly getting involved in rhino killings, the poaching scenario in the state has turned complex and is posing a tough challenge for the forest department. The involvement of militants in the killing of two rhinos in Burapahar forest range of Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday is not the first such instance. […]

 20 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU2

Conservationists said two birds released in 2009 had successfully raised a male chick in Fife. Eighty-five white tailed sea eagles have been released from a forest near the east coast since 2007. Most have moved long distances from the release point, with some ending up in the west Highlands where birds have been reintroduced at […]

 20 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“30 DOGS have been seized and one person was arrested in a series of raids across north Wales. Six warrants were issued in Caernarfon, Llandudno and on Anglesey today (Tuesday, August 20) after reports of dog fighting, baiting and animal suffering. Wildlife officer PC Eryl Lloyd said: “The tackling of such behaviour and the reduction […]

 16 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“I just chucked them down there,” says Daniel Emlyn-Jones, a 40-year-old plant scientist, pointing to a bush near the fence of his narrow garden in a fairly typical Oxford street. Two weeks ago he ordered 500 crickets from an online reptile centre, hoping to bring some sweet music to his extraordinary tropical garden, and also […]

 13 Aug 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of threatened species. Focussing on a group of threatened and globally protected primates, slow lorises, we quantify public attitudes towards wildlife conservation by analysing comments and associated data posted on a viral YouTube video ‘tickling slow loris’ over a 33-months period. In the […]