THIRTY police officers from Lancashire and Cumbria Constabularies received specialist training at the first regional wildlife crime course.
The training covered topics including illegal trade in endangered species, badgers, birds and the law, poaching and traps, poisons and pesticides, intelligence issues, firearms hunting and protected species.
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