Report wildlife crime

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

Examples of wildlife crime include:

• Hare coursing or hunting
• Fox hunting
• Deer poaching
• Fish poaching
• Badger persecution – including baiting, snaring, shooting, and disturbance of setts
• Bat persecution
• Egg theft or collection
• Bird of prey persecution – through poisoning, trapping, shooting, disturbance of nest or theft of chicks
• Trade-in ivory, tortoises, rhino horn and other protected species covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Non-registration of certain birds and animals that require licensing through the Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) or the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if kept in captivity or sold