Police Asked to Enforce Wildlife and Countryside Act
| Published date | 01 January 1988 |
| Date | 01 January 1988 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X8806100106 |
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POLICE ASKED
TO
ENFORCE
WILDLIFE AND
COUNTRYSIDE ACT
Police forces throughout the northwest arebeing asked topay more
attention to the enforcement of theWildlifeandCountryside Act.
'Falconaide' the Silverdale basedbird ofprey hospitaland
conservation is behindthe movestoask police forcesthroughout the
north west to try and pay a little moreattention to those sections of
the Actthatdeal with keeping birdsof prey incaptivity.
"We appreciate thatthefirstpriority of thepolice mustbethe
rising rateof seriouscrime butwearealso concernedattherateat
which rare birdsofpreyarebeingtakenintocaptivity bypersons
who have read 'Kes'and would liketo 'havea go''',a spokesman
said recently. Organizationchairman,professional falcolnerAllan
Oswald said that theWildlife Act requires thatbirdsof prey in
captivity mustberegisteredwiththeDepartment of the
Environment andthenrung."Unfortunately,fartoofew bobbieson
the beat are aware of theAct and I haveonlyever met one who
knew what theDepartment's rings look like. Howthencan they
enforce the Act?"
Rare birds ofprey such as theMerlinmay soonbecomeextinct in
thiscountryunlessexisting protectivelegislationcanb.e enforced.
Now thatregistration is law andcomputerized,thepolicecancheck
on anyone owning a bird or being seen with one almost as quickly as
theycan verify ownershipofacar."That",Mr.Oswaldsaid,"is all it
takes."
Last year Falconaide cared for over 50birds many of which were
referred to itby thepolice andR.S.P.C.A., themajority being
eventually released."Falconaide isnota prosecutingorganizationso
whenwefmdbirdsthatarebeingkept. illegally wecangiveadvice
and help rather thanthe 'anythingyou say' approach."
The north of Englandhasalways beenkeenonvariousformsof
hunting and we stillhearofinstancesof badgerbaiting andcock
fighting. Thesearedifficult tofmdbutitshouldbealoteasierto
track down those who arekeeping birds of prey thathave been
stolen from the nest.
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