Green criminologist calls for stronger action on UK illegal wildlife trade
A senior wildlife crime lecturer has called for more cases to come before the British courts, and for more resources and stiffer sentences.
The illegal wildlife trade is an urgent environmental and conservation issue and has led to the rapid development of a new area of activism and research termed ‘green criminology’. University of Huddersfield senior lecturer Melanie Flynn is making a key contribution to this burgeoning discipline, calling for more preventative action and extra resources for law enforcement, with more wildlife crime ( www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/ne… ) cases taken to court and heavier sentences being given …
Bird Watch – June 01, 2015
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