Government Pledges to Tackle Wildlife Crime

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today issued a press release that sets out the government's wildlife crime priorities for 2009 - 2010. These include poaching, crimes against bats and the illegal trade in endangered species. Wildlife Minister...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today issued a press release that sets out the government's wildlife crime priorities for 2009 - 2010. These include poaching, crimes against bats and the illegal trade in endangered species. 


Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said:

"Wildlife crime matters, it has an impact on our environment and on the ecosystems, habitats and wildlife that supports our very existence."