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
30 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Following a lengthy trial at Ghent in Belgium, 5 people have been convicted of being part of a criminal organization, forging and falsifying permits and documents required to possess and trade in endangered species and for possessing rare birds of prey. The investigation by the Belgian Federal Police, which lasted in excess of 6 years, […]
Read more → 26 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Lee Yafano, 41 years of Glenfield Drive, Middlesbrough, appeared at Teeside Crown Court yesterday (25th June 2014) and pleaded guilty to three offences in connection with his taxidermist business. In November 2012 the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit and Cleveland Police monitored an individual who was later identified as Lee Yafano, who was trading in […]
Read more → 25 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Police in Fife are investigating the discovery of a poisoned buzzard in woods to the north of Ballingry in April. Initial inquiries suggested the bird had died of natural causes. However, toxicology tests have now confirmed it was killed by a banned pesticide. Police believe the highly toxic chemical was used to produce poisoned baits. […]
Read more → 24 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Colin Pirie, who is the NWCU’s Senior Intelligence Officer has been commended for his outstanding work with the NWCU. The commendation was presented by Durham’s Chief Constable Barton at the National Intelligence Policing Conference in May. Colin, who previously served with Lothian and Borders Police, has been with the NWCU since its inception in 2006. […]
Read more → 18 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
In 2013 at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Rural Crime Conference, the Head of Unit gave a presentation about wildlife crime. He outlined how the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) had been working to build a clear picture of the threats posed by wildlife crime across England and Wales. He highlighted how […]
Read more → 15 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “A falconer has appeared in court charged with keeping a golden eagle which had not been ringed or registered correctly. And Jonathan Marshall faces other charges including allowing a barn owl to escape into the wild, stealing a kestrel and falsifying a certificate of an endangered species. That final charge relates to the golden eagle […]
Read more → 13 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
Background Tackling poaching is one of the UK’s wildlife crime priorities. It blights the countryside and affects farmers, landowners and others living and working there. Poaching increases across England and Wales during late autumn following the harvest and as the hours of darkness increase, but is a year round activity for those with a criminal […]
Read more → 12 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 
“A 28-year-old woman has been arrested following the recovery of tiger claws and teeth from an address in Gleadless Road, Sheffield. Â Wildlife Crime Officers from South Yorkshire Police and members of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit searched the house on Monday (9 June) and made the discovery. Â She was arrested on suspicion of Prohibited […]
Read more → 10 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “Hong Kong, 10th June 2014—Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested 15 passengers aboard a flight from Angola after a total of 790 kg was found in baggage aboard the plane. The 15 passengers—all reportedly Vietnamese citizens—had flown from Angola via Ethiopia and were travelling onward to Cambodia via South Korea. They were stopped during a […]
Read more → 09 Jun 2014
Posted by NWCU6 “#WhoseSideAreYouOn aims to use the power of sport and social media to stigmatise buying of ivory and rhino horn David Beckham and Prince William launched a campaign to help stigmatise the buying of ivory and rhino horn on Monday. “Our children should not live in a world without elephants, tigers, lions and rhinos. Enough is […]
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