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
10 Apr 2021
Posted by NWCU1 
An endangered bird of prey has been shot dead and hung from a tree in a Norfolk village. Norfolk police were called to Swaffham Road in Cockley Cley on Friday, April 9, 2021, after someone reported a dead bird hanging from a tree. Police arrived on the scene to find a red kite, and an […]
Read more → 10 Jun 2017
Posted by NWCU6 
Scientists and investigators are pioneering a wave of cutting-edge forensic techniques in Scotland as the country bids to position itself as the global leader in the battle against wildlife crime. A range of DNA and genetic testing techniques are being developed and deployed north of the border, with future work set to be underpinned by […]
Read more → 08 Dec 2015
Posted by NWCU4 Border Force and the NWCU have won the WWF sponsored 2015 Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year Award for their outstanding contribution towards Operation Cobra 3 which specifically targetted the illegal wildlife trade. Samantha Trackman (Border Force) and Helen Bulmer (NWCU) are pictured here being presented with their award by Chief Constable Simon Prince during […]
Read more → 09 Dec 2014
Posted by NWCU4 
Border Force and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have won the WWF sponsored Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year Award for their joint efforts to tackle organised wildlife crime in the UK. A representative from the organisations received the award presented by Chief Constable Simon Prince at the ceremony which is held as part of […]
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 […]
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