Publication - Progress report

Report of the Review of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002

A report with recommendations to improve the operation of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002.

Table 1

Offences relating to:	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Badgers	11	20	11	1	7
Birds	40	59	55	64	53
Cruelty to wild animals	27	40	26	27	22
Deer	20	33	47	33	20
Hunting with dogs	37	31	31	32	29
Poaching and game laws	17	16	15	1	4
Fish poaching	67	85	104	135	90
Conservation (protected sites)	3	2	1	0	1
Other wildlife offences	41	69	17	26	29
Totals	264	355	307	319	255

Table 2

Offences relating to:	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Total proceedings	Overall % guilty
Badgers	2	3	2	0	0	7	86%
Birds	7	6	15	19	10	57	77%
Cruelty to wild animals	4	2	4	9	4	23	74%
Deer	0	3	8	3	5	19	68%
Hunting with dogs	10	9	5	11	9	44	50%
Poaching and game laws	4	8	8	1	0	21	62%
Fish poaching	3	22	18	23	43	109	78%
Conservation (protected sites)	1	0	1	0	0	2	100%
Other wildlife offences	1	0	10	11	9	31	74%
Totals	32	53	71	77	80	313	67%
% guilty	75%	77%	56%	62%	70%
Total number of offences	49	49	70	75	100

Table 3

Year	Total cases reported	Cases marked no action	Prosecutions discontinued	Prosecutions resulting in an acquittal	Prosecutions resulting in a conviction
2002-03	*3 (2)**	1*		1*	1
2003-04	*2 (1)**		1*		1
2004-05
2005-06	1*	1*
2006-07
2007-08	1			1 ⁺
2008-09	1			1
2009-10
2010-11	1				1
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14	1*			1*
Total	*10 (5)**	2*	1*	*4 (2)**	3

(An asterisk indicates activity associated with a mounted hunt)

Table 4

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