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9/5/08 Police Target Wild Bird Egg Thefts .Thieves have been giving police 'the bird' recently with the theft of seabird eggs from a Co Down beauty spot Ireland.

9/5/08 ONE of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation regarding wildlife has been the so-called "General Licence" controlled by the Scottish Government

8/5/08 Otis Ferry is to face trial charged with attacking a hunt monitor and robbing another while they were trying to film him hunting in Gloucestershire

7/5/08 A 51-YEAR-OLD man was caught red-handed by a police officer after trying to trap highly protected wild birds near Scarborough. James Vincent was fined £250 following a hearing at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court. He must also pay £50 costs.

7/5/08 Authorities in India's remote northeast said they were increasing security in the world's biggest reserve for the endangered great one-horned rhinoceros to save them from poachers.

6/5/08 Conservation groups are calling for increased efforts to tackle the illegal killing of Britain's birds of prey. A coalition of 26 organisations, including RSPB Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland, the Ramblers' Association Scotland and the SSPCA. Have put their names to the call, contained in a report on the status of these rare and endangered species.

5/5/08 A BIRD trapper caught red-handed has been fined £250 after pleading guilty to attempting to snare highly-protected wild creatures.

4/5/08 Asean-Wildlife Enforcement Network (Asean-Wen) and the United States are establishing information-sharing channels to stop East-West wildlife crime.

3/5/08 MATTHEW Borg educates children on the importance of protecting wildlife. He visits Victorian schools to show how to handle everything from possums to pythons. But what he fails to mention is that he is a wildlife smuggler Borg's double life was revealed when he was caught trying to smuggle a dozen exotic snakes from Melbourne to Sydney.

3/4/08 Three tigers have been saved by prompt and coordinated efforts of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) recently in Corbett National Park.

3/4/08 New mammal record for Ireland. Even well studied island communities of terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to species introductions that may in turn lead to ecological degradation and loss of native species.

2/5/08 A GAMEKEEPER and a land agent have been sent for trial before a jude and jury after a raid by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds investigators and North Yorkshire Police on a Yorkshire Dales farm unearthed lethal poisons.

Undercover investigations form a vital part of the League's overall campaigning strategy to abolish blood sports and tackle wildlife crime. Without these investigations, MPs, the media, League members, supporters and the wider public would not be aware of the nature and scale of wildlife persecution.

If you have any information you think may be of value to League investigators, e-mail in confidence investigations@league.uk.com or write to Investigations Unit, League Against Cruel Sports, 83-87 Union Street, London, SE1 1SG.

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