Wildlife crime is any activity that goes against legislation protecting the UK's wild animals and plants. It can cause pain and suffering to animals, push species closer to extinction and can be linked to other serious crimes like firearms offences and organised crime.
Examples include:
- Hare coursing
- Using dogs to hunt wild mammals
- Poisoning of animals, such as birds of prey
- Disturbing or killing wild birds; or taking their eggs
- Poaching of game, venison and fish
- Disturbing, injuring or killing bats, and damaging or obstructing their roosts
- Smuggling protected species and their parts (such as tortoises, rhino horn, ivory and caviar)
- Illegally trading in endangered species
- Taking protected plants from the countryside.
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