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Publication - Statistics

Wildlife crime in Scotland: 2019 annual report

Published
23 December 2020
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Part of
Environment and climate change
ISBN
9781800045095

The eighth wildlife crime annual report, with new data from the financial year 2018 to 2019.

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Appendix 2A - Further information on COPFS Case Outcomes

*= data suppressed. See Appendix 2.

Table A: Outcomes of all fish poaching cases
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No action 9 10 8 5 *
Alternative to prosecution 21 15 20 * 10
Prosecuted 8 5 7 * *
of which convicted 8 * * * *
No. of reports received 38 30 35 18 15
Table B: Outcomes of all other wildlife cases
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No action 15 30 19 25 16
Alternative to prosecution 13 12 15 * 8
Prosecuted 32 18 25 * 15
of which convicted 20 * * * 9
No. of reports received 60 60 59 49 39

Outcomes by Individual Case Category

Table C: Offences relating to badgers

For the period 2014-2019, a total of 10 cases relating to badgers were reported to COPFS.

Table D: Offences relating to birds
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No action * 9 10 * *
Alternative to prosecution * * 5 * *
Prosecuted 10 * 9 * 6
of which convicted * * * * *
No. of reports received 17 15 24 13 12
Table E: Offences relating to cruelty to wild animals
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No. of reports received 11 * 8 0 *
Table F: Offences relating to deer
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No. of reports received 5 * * * *
Table G: Offences relating to hunting with dogs
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No action * 8 * * *
Alternative to prosecution 0 * * * 0
Prosecuted * * * 9 *
of which convicted * * * * 0
No. of reports received 6 15 7 22 7
Table H: Other wildlife offences
  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No action * 9 * 5 *
Alternative to prosecution * 6 * * 5
Prosecuted 7 5 6 * *
of which convicted * * * 0 *
No. of reports received 17 20 14 10 11

Table I: Other conservation offences

For the period 2014-19, fewer than five cases relating to other conservation offences were reported to COPFS.

Contact

Email: rebecca.greenan@gov.scot

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