There’s a new piece of kit to help fight coursing and poaching – it’s a notebook. PAW Scotland Poaching and Coursing Priority Group has released an incident book to help members of the public get the facts down and document…
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Tagged with: coursing, crime, notebook, PAW Scotland, poaching, police, report, wildlife, wildlife crime
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Egg watch
Operation EASTER, a national campaign to protect wild bird eggs, is now underway – and you can help. Developed in Scotland and now in action across the UK, Operation EASTER is a campaign facilitated by the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) in…
Tagged with: countryside alliance, crime, disturbance, egg theft, NWCU, Operation EASTER, police, theft, wild bird eggs, wildlife crime
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RSPCA drops last case against hunt
The RSPCA has dropped its last hunt prosecution due to a lack of legitimate evidence. Will Bryer, master and huntsman of the Cattistock hunt in Dorset has been charged with one offence of fox hunting with hounds. The RSPCA had been…
Tagged with: Cattistock hunt, court case, failed persecution, legal proceeding, Mg, RSPCA, surveillance footage, UK, wildlife crime, Will Bryer
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Gamekeeper found guilty
The enemy within
The RSPB Birdcrime report shows there are criminals among bird enthusiasts. Predator says it’s time they acted – while we have one of our own to deal with This column doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to those…
Tagged with: Birdcrime Report, egg collectors, Mg, Predator, raptors, rspb, wildlife crime
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BASC delivers police training
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation has been running a training course to help police officers’ understanding of firearms and wildlife law. The course was run with officers from Lancashire and Cumbria constabularies, and included demonstrations from BASC’s regional…
Tagged with: BASC, British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Duncan Thomas, Mg, police, training, wildlife crime
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Project Trespass
A new initiative to tackle poaching was launched on October 1 2013 by the Poaching Priority Delivery Group. Helena Douglas explains how Project Trespass will work The Poaching Priority Delivery Group, set up in 2008, comprises police representatives, the…
Tagged with: Angling Trust, anti-poaching campaign, BASC, black market, British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Country Land and Business Association, countryside alliance, Environment Agency, Food Standards Agency, glynn evans, Helena Douglas, intelligence, Mg, National Farmers' Union, National Gamekeepers' Organisation, national wildlife crime unit, NGO, penalties, poaching, poaching legislation, police, Project Trespass, recordable crime, trespassers, venison, wildlife crime, wildlife crime priority
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SGA asks for keepers' help in fighting wildlife crime
The Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association is teaming up with wildlife crime officers in a bid to prevent illegal freshwater pearl mussel fishing
Tagged with: freshwater, illegal fishing, Mg, national wildlife crime unit, NWCU, pearl mussels, river, Scotland, Scottish Gamekeepers Association, SGA, wildlife crime
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Public Perception
After a not-so-relaxing night’s telly, editor Pete Carr despairs at the portrayal of shooting sports on the idiot box. Game shooting, stalking and hunting are pretty much stereotyped in the eyes of the majority of our urban public. Most urbanites…
Tagged with: aristocrats, celebrities, countryside alliance, David Miller, Fair Game, Fair Game: Scotland’s Sporting Estates, fieldsports, game shooters, game shooting, Gareth Edwards, hunting, idiot box, Jack Charlton, Jamie Oliver, keepers, Kieron Cunningham, killing, law-abiding shooting, Marco Pierre White, Mg, middleclass, Mike Robinson, Mike Yardley, NGO, overweight merchant bankers, persecution, pete carr, Pete Fraser, Phil Spencer, promoting shooting, public perception, raptors, shooting, shooting sports, stalking, Steve Thompson, Tom Croft, Vinnie Jones, wildlife crime
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No WANE In Environmental Interests
Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have been focusing on the environment in Government lately. The first week of March saw both Scotland’s Government in Holyrood and the Northern Ireland Assembly pass their respective Wildlife and Natural Environment Bills. The Northern…
Tagged with: ban, Edwin Poots, environment, government, hare coursing, Mg, Northern Ireland, Scotland, WANE Bill, Wildlife and Natural Environment Bills, wildlife crime
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