An experienced owl breeder from Norfolk has been fined for offences relating to the sale of owls.   On 15th May 2015, Michael Geoffrey Horne 45 yrs, of Church Road, Tilney St Lawrence, pleaded guilty at Norfolk Crown Court to 3 offences contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997.  In […]

” Police are searching for 17 rare monkeys stolen from a zoo in central France. Thieves took seven golden lion tamarins and 10 silvery marmosets, which all belong to the Brazilian government, from the Beauval zoo on Saturday. “These are extremely rare, extremely fragile monkeys,” zoo director Rodolphe Delord said. Concern is mounting for the […]

“A man has been arrested after he was allegedly caught with 22 rare birds stuffed inside plastic water bottles on a passenger ship in the city of Surabaya, eastern Java. Police confiscated 21 yellow-crested cockatoos and an unspecified number of green parrots from a 37-year-old man alighting at the  Port of Tanjung Pera, which are […]

“The “unsung heroes” who make Suffolk the “fantastic” county it is were celebrated yesterday at the British Empire Medal ceremony. Six people who were honoured by The Queen on New Year’s Day attended the Countess of Euston’s home in west Suffolk where Lady Clare, the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk and Her Majesty’s representative in the […]

“A police probe has been launched after three dead badgers were dumped on a west Cumbrian beach. The discovery was made at Seascale and it is believed at least one of the animals had been shot. Officers are investigating to find out the circumstances which led to the deaths. The force is warning people that […]

During a recent visit by Devon and Cornwall Police and National Wildlife Crime Unit, a Cornish auction house voluntarily surrendered a collection of carved elephant ivory.  They had come into possession of the collection following the death of its previous owner.  However the auctioneers decided it would not be right to put the pieces up […]