REPORT WILDLIFE CRIME

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Ring the police on; 101 

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Wildlife crime is any action against the law regarding the protection of the UK’s wild animals and plants.

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Examples of wildlife crime include:

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• Hunting mammals

• Deer poaching

• Fish poaching

• Badger persecution – including baiting, snaring, shooting, and disturbance of setts

• Bat persecution

• Egg theft/collection

• Bird of prey persecution – through poisoning, trapping, shooting, disturbance of nest and/or theft of chicks

• Trade-in ivory, tortoises, rhino horn and other protected species covered by CITES

• Non-registration of certain birds and animals that require licensing through DEFRA/Animal Health if kept in captivity or sold

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