Alan Stewart
@wildlifeblog.bsky.social
Retired Tayside Police and National Wildlife Crime Unit officer. Author of 10 books on wildlife, wildlife crime and of http://wildlifedetective.wordpress.com
Two men and two women arrested in illegal puppy sales investigation www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...
71 dogs and puppies rehomed following concerns of illicit puppy sales
Officers have been working tirelessly alongside RSPCA to rehome 71 dogs and puppies which were seized from two properties in Bury.
www.gmp.police.uk
December 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Two men and two women arrested in illegal puppy sales investigation www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...
news.stv.tv/highlands-is... Supply or use of glue traps banned in Scotland in 2024. Penalty up to 12 months imprisonment and/or fine of £40,000 pounds.
Robin found dead in 'illegal' glue trap as police appeal for information
Police have reminded the public that it is illegal to use glue traps for killing anything apart from invertebrates.
news.stv.tv
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
news.stv.tv/highlands-is... Supply or use of glue traps banned in Scotland in 2024. Penalty up to 12 months imprisonment and/or fine of £40,000 pounds.
Needs to be completely banned. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/unprece...
Unprecedented animal abuse case halts Faroe Islands' Grindadráp - Oceanographic
Historic animal-abuse charges in Faroe Islands target a controversial dolphin hunt, prompting a regional halt to the traditional grindadráp.
oceanographicmagazine.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Needs to be completely banned. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/unprece...
Christmas? My books on wildlife and wildlife crime are at wildlifedetective.wordpress.com/books/
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Christmas? My books on wildlife and wildlife crime are at wildlifedetective.wordpress.com/books/
Now total of 16 arrests in the foxhunting investigation by Cumbria Police. Maybe this is the start of proper investigations into foxhunting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ambleside illegal fox hunt probe sees four more arrests
Cumbria Police are investigating a meet staged in Ambleside earlier this month.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Now total of 16 arrests in the foxhunting investigation by Cumbria Police. Maybe this is the start of proper investigations into foxhunting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Mercia police investigate after dog hit with golf club. Vet bill in excess of £2500. Hope the suspect has to pay this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dog attacked at Lickey Hills by man with golf club
Police say they are keen to speak to people who may have been in the area at the time.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
West Mercia police investigate after dog hit with golf club. Vet bill in excess of £2500. Hope the suspect has to pay this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.npcc.police.uk/releases/cra... This can only improve the investigation and enforcement of rural and wildlife crime, but still needs better wildlife legislation in England and Wales.
Crackdown on OCGs targeting UK's farms and countryside
Britain’s countryside set to benefit from new strategy to tackle the growing threat posed by organised crime.
New data analytics and technology to be put at centre of fightback against rural and wildl...
news.npcc.police.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
news.npcc.police.uk/releases/cra... This can only improve the investigation and enforcement of rural and wildlife crime, but still needs better wildlife legislation in England and Wales.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... "He speaks for the majority of the country whose voices wouldn’t count in the same way.”
Huge support for Chris Packham after Devon hunt row
Campaigner sparks fierce debate after wading into Tiverton's Boxing Day hunt controversy
www.devonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... "He speaks for the majority of the country whose voices wouldn’t count in the same way.”
New post on my blog at wildlifedetective.wordpress.com Book Review - Wild Edinburgh by Keith Broomfield
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
New post on my blog at wildlifedetective.wordpress.com Book Review - Wild Edinburgh by Keith Broomfield
Reposted by Alan Stewart
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Good work by Cumbria Police assisted by the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit. High time hunting foxes, deer and hares with hounds was properly banned.
Six arrested in Ambleside illegal fox-hunting investigation
Cumbria Police says it plans to make more arrests as it continues to investigate.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Good work by Cumbria Police assisted by the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit. High time hunting foxes, deer and hares with hounds was properly banned.
Reposted by Alan Stewart
Krill, Baby, Krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica....
changingmarkets.org/report/krill...
changingmarkets.org/report/krill...
Krill, Baby, Krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica • Changing Markets
This report investigates the main culprits responsible for the plundering of the cornerstone of the Antarctic food web: krill.
changingmarkets.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Krill, Baby, Krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica....
changingmarkets.org/report/krill...
changingmarkets.org/report/krill...
What a horrible individual. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man jailed for torturing kitten to death and abusing partner in Alloa
Lewis Aitken abused his partner over four months before killing a kitten in front of her at her home in Alloa.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
What a horrible individual. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Little ringed plovers, Perthshire. Bird of the day - pairs of the same bird.
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Little ringed plovers, Perthshire. Bird of the day - pairs of the same bird.
Reposted by Alan Stewart
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Herons resting in a ploughed field.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Herons resting in a ploughed field.
Not just fox hunting of course, legislation needs to properly ban stag hunting and hunting hares with dog packs. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/seni...
Senior cops say laws on hunting with hounds are ‘not fit for purpose’
THE law on hunting with hounds is “not fit for purpose,” senior police officers have told MPs, with “loophole after loophole” continuing to frustrate the prosecution of illegal hunts.Chief Superintend...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Not just fox hunting of course, legislation needs to properly ban stag hunting and hunting hares with dog packs. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/seni...
If this is one family then whooper swans seem to have had a good breeding season in Iceland this year. There were more elsewhere on this Perthshire loch, with a high proportion of cygnets.
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If this is one family then whooper swans seem to have had a good breeding season in Iceland this year. There were more elsewhere on this Perthshire loch, with a high proportion of cygnets.
Reposted by Alan Stewart
An excellent new initiative led by a local community that is sick to the back teeth of illegal raptor persecution inside this National Park.
Bravo, @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...
Bravo, @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...
‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harrier…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An excellent new initiative led by a local community that is sick to the back teeth of illegal raptor persecution inside this National Park.
Bravo, @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...
Bravo, @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...
Reposted by Alan Stewart
What they won't show you on the 'National Trail Hunting Day' on October 10th..
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What they won't show you on the 'National Trail Hunting Day' on October 10th..
Good investigation and excellent conviction. Always good when the tools of criminals are removed from them. www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/n...
Broxted: Dogs ban for two south Essex men after hare coursing investigation
They were arrested by officers from Uttlesford Neighbourhood Policing Team and our Rural Engagement Team following reports from the public
www.essex.police.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Good investigation and excellent conviction. Always good when the tools of criminals are removed from them. www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/n...
Two not quite identical brown hares stand to attention. Interesting to spot the subtle differences.
October 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Two not quite identical brown hares stand to attention. Interesting to spot the subtle differences.
Reposted by Alan Stewart
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Reposted by Alan Stewart
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ̵…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Reposted by Alan Stewart
Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running
Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...