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Wildlife Crime
Latest news, advice and opinion on wildlife crime in the UK.


Jan 282 min read
Have a big impact: write to your MP about wildfire risk
We are delighted with the coverage in The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph for our recent letter to the Home Secretary about wildfire...


Dec 18, 20241 min read
Natural England contradicts itself over hen harriers
The moorland communities we represent applaud the mature leadership of Defra which has overseen the extraordinary recovery of hen...
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Letter to The Guardian regarding the RSPB's bird crime report
The Moorland Association sent the following letter to The Guardian in response to an article published this week about hen harriers. Sir,...
Oct 24, 20241 min read
Statement on video footage broadcast on Channel 4 News on 22 October 2023
As part of its coverage of publication of the RSPB Birdcrime Report 2023, Channel 4 News broadcast footage allegedly showing a wildlife...
Oct 23, 20242 min read
RSPB deliberately misleading the public on bird crime
The Moorland Association said today the latest Birdcrime report published by the RSPB is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public on...
Jul 22, 20242 min read
Moorland Association removed from Bird of Prey Crime Priority Delivery Group after questioning police surveillance techniques
The Moorland Association (MA) is perplexed that its membership of the Bird of Prey Crime Priority Delivery Group has been rescinded by...
Jul 8, 20243 min read
Surveillance – are the police bypassing regulation?
Most will remember the irony of RSPB staff falling foul of the courts in order to try and catch others breaking the law – and then...
Apr 12, 20242 min read
Suspicious activity on the moors
A Moorland Association member has confirmed that an individual was caught probing peat without consent on a protected site and, if...
Oct 1, 20202 min read
Moorland Association statement on Birdcrime report and heather burning
Following publication of two reports from RSPB today (Oct 1), the Moorland Association, which represents moor owners and operators in...
May 29, 20202 min read
Science and facts are needed in the debate to end raptor persecution
Amanda Anderson, Director of the Moorland Association, today urged that science and facts should dominate the debate over raptor...
May 15, 20201 min read
Moorland Association responds to RSPB release
Responding to the RSPB press release – Bird of prey persecution crimewave during lockdown (14th May 2020) Amanda Anderson, Director of...
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Goshawk success and reduction in wildlife crime frames 2019 bird of prey picture in the Peak District
The Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative has published its 2019 breeding season report. The report brings together data on key birds of...
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Rural group issues raptor persecution ‘zero tolerance’ declaration
A GROUP of leading rural organisations has issued a new joint declaration as a clear signal of their intent to see the end of raptor...
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