We were at HanningfieldWSP on 2 March to talk to visitors & anglers about #OpTraverse , our work to tackle illegal fishing & #WildlifeCrime & how to report it.
Joining us were Essex Police Special Constabulary, UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), Angling Trust & EnvAgencyAnglia.
#ProtectingAndServingEssex
#RuralCrime

Great team work on this National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) National #WildlifeCrime priority area from police & partners #OpOwl

53 live CITES listed birds, 5.5kgs Ivory, 434 live plants, 26 reptile skin products, wood products & over 1000 'health' supplements containing illegal plant & animal products
Before you buy or sell online check it's legal. Don't fuel #extinction 🦜🌵🌳🦎
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UK police UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) UK Border Force Force including award winning #CITES Team, Heathrow Animal Reception Centre SASA JNCC & Kew Gardens took part in INTERPOL World Customs Organization Global #OperationThunder ..rest assured we work 365 days a year fighting illegal #WildlifeCrime

Just a quick reminder about the change in legislation affecting jet ski/PWC which came in earlier this year. Details here... orlo.uk/PUChj? #OpSeabird #EnjoyRespectProtect

Don’t chase seal pups into the sea. It’s freezing cold & they need to rest. Here’s 2 that got separated from mum too soon. They simply don’t have the fat reserves to survive in the cold.
If you were tired and cold would you want to be forced into freezing cold water?

Pc Sarah Walford and Pc Matt Pritty have been down to Horsey today liaising with visitors and volunteers who have been arriving to see the seals during the busy pupping season
Please when visiting adhere to the guidelines in place
#friendsofhorseyseals #opseabird #PWT

If a seal’s head pops up, you’re close enough! When we disturb seals, pups can become separated from their mothers causing them to get hurt or abandoned.

Keep your distance, stay quiet and have your dog on a lead to avoid this.

More tips: orlo.uk/ZRjwp
#KnowTheCode

👏 This year, we've made great progress in combatting #wildlifecrime through financial investigations! Our tools aid the finance sector in tracing money trails to expose traffickers, including:

Our recent report identifying the red flags of #corruption : loom.ly/-elBigE

#12DaysOfWildlife

🎶 On the fourth day of wildlife, WWF-UK brings to you... 🎶

🐻 Four brown bears.

Essex are taking the lead in combatting catapulting offences at wildlife. If you witness these incidnets please call your local police service, if you have any information on the persons responsible for these crimes please let us know!!
#oplakeshot
#wildlifecrime
Essex Police Rural Engagement Team

#RuralTaskForce Officers have been out patrolling the waterways engaging with members of the public as part of #OpTraverse a joint operation between Police and the Environment Agency #RuralCrime Environment Agency - Yorkshire & North East Angling Trust UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU)

✳️ Some #OpGalileo results from the first Hare Coursing season since Legislation change in August 2022

✳️ £13k+
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✳️ £12k+
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✳️ £18k+
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✳️ More to come in 2024

'However, North Wales Police do investigate every matter & will prosecute offenders when sufficient evidence comes to light.'

The footage attached has no sound. But shows the Fox, then hounds and then the riders. 3/3

A Huntsman was fined on 21/10/23 at Wrexham Magistrates Court after being convicted of Hunting a Fox. Chris Woodward (39) of Burford, Oxfordshire was at the time of the offence January 23 the Huntsman of the Wynnstay Hunt. He was fined £525 plus costs making a total of £1375 1/3

We are appealing after a peregrine falcon was found dead in an illegal baited pole trap near a public path south of Wester Bavelaw, Balerno, on Thurs 23 Nov. Call 101 if you saw anything suspicious in the area - Inc 1376 of 25/11/23
More: ow.ly/f3VL50QbXUI

A disturbing growing 'trend' of youths targeting #wildlife catapulting birds such as ducks & swans. Under #OpLakeshot we're working with UK police forces & partners in a national working group to tackle these crimes RSPCA (England & Wales) Essex Police - Rural, Wildlife & Heritage Crime Metropolitan Police getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-ne…

Suspended prison sentence for Avon Vale Hunt employee Oliver Thompson, convicted of two separate offences of causing unnecessary suffering to a fox including throwing a live fox to a pack of hounds in Wiltshire.
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In the UK all wild birds, their nests & eggs are protected by law. It's against the law to intentionally kill, injure or take wild birds.

Speak up, 100% anonymously, about the illegal killing of birds of prey: crimestoppers-uk.org/news-campaigns…

Two men charged with hare coursing offences in Crowland handed Criminal behaviour Orders. Hare Coursing will not be tolerated in our county. #OpGalileo Read more here: lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnsh…