Wales appoints UK’s first wildlife and rural crime coordinator
As in many ways Welsh rural policy is ahead of England in the appointment of this role. This story tells us:
The Welsh government on Thursday unveiled its wildlife and rural crime coordinator, the first role of its kind in the UK.
Rob Taylor’s job will involve working with the four police forces in Wales, the UK government, other emergency services and wildlife and farming representatives to tackle countryside crime from fly-tipping to heating oil theft.
But the most headline-grabbing investigation he is involved in is the attack on the nest of a pair of ospreys at the Llyn Brenig reservoir in north Wales in May. Just hours after the female osprey laid an egg, an attacker arrived under the cover of darkness and chopped the nesting platform down with a chainsaw. The egg was lost and the ospreys are still at the site without a nest to protect or chicks to nurture.