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Wildlife crime in Scotland: 2019 annual report
The eighth wildlife crime annual report, with new data from the financial year 2018 to 2019.
Appendix 3 - Court proceedings and penalties data by specific offence
| Main crime group | Main Charge | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total prosecuted | 51 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 15 | |
| Badgers | Sub-Total | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Protection Of Badgers Act 1992 Section 11a(1) | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Birds | Sub-Total | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(1)(A) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(1)(C) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(2)(A) | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 5(1)(B) | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cruelty to wild animals | Sub-Total | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 Section 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Wildlife And Counrtyside Act 1981 Section 11(1)(A) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 10a(1) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(2)(A) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(2)(A) & (F) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(G)(1) | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11a(2)&(6) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(1)(Aa) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11c(B) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981, Section 11a(2)(B)&(6) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Deer | Sub-Total | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 21(3) | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 22 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 23(1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Hunting with dogs | Sub-Total | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Protection Of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 Section 1(1) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |
| Fish poaching | Sub-Total | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scot) Act 2003 S1(2)(A)(B)(C) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 S.11(1) | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 S.6(1)&(2) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation)(Scot)Act 2003 S.1(1)(A)(B)&(3) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.13(2)&(4) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.13(3)&(4) | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.17(2)(A) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.58 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.7 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 Sec 9(1)&(2) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland)Act 2003 S.1(1)(A)&(B) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order Article 22(1) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Other wildlife offences | Sub-Total | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &C.) Regulations 1994 Reg 39(1)(A/B/C/D) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| The Control Of Trade In Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regs 1997 Reg 8(1) | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 13(1)(B) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18(1) | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18(2) | 8 | - | - | 3 | 1 | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18a(1)&(2) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings Database
| Main crime group | Main Charge | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total convicted | 35 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 10 | |
| Badgers | Sub-Total | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Protection Of Badgers Act 1992 Section 11a(1) | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Birds | Sub-Total | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(1)(A) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(1)(C) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 1(2)(A) | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Section 5(1)(B) | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cruelty to wild animals | Sub-Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 Section 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(1)(A) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 10a(1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(2)(A) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11(G)(1) | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 11a(2)&(6) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981, Section 11a(2)(B)&(6) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Deer | Sub-Total | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 21(3) | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Section 23(1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Hunting with dogs | Sub-Total | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Protection Of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 Section 1(1) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Fish poaching | Sub-Total | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 S.11(1) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 S.6(1)&(2) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation)(Scot)Act 2003 S.1(1)(A)(B)&(3) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.13(2)&(4) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.17(2)(A) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.58 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 S.7 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 2003 Sec 9(1)&(2) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries(Consolidation)(Scotland)Act 2003 S.1(1)(A)&(B) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order Article 22(1) | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Other wildlife offences | Sub-Total | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &C.) Regulations 1994 Reg 39(1)(A/B/C/D) | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| The Control Of Trade In Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regs 1997 Reg 8(1) | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 13(1)(B) | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18(1) | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18(2) | 5 | - | - | 3 | - | |
| Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981 Section 18a(1)&(2) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings Database
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