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Wildlife inspector

A wildlife inspector is a person empowered by law to protect wildlife.

In the United Kingdom, wildlife inspectors are Natural England and Animal and Plant Health Agency officers authorised to investigate wildlife crime and related offences by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under S19ZA of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. An authorisation can be subject to any conditions or limitations specified in it.

A wildlife inspector may, at any reasonable time and (if required to do so) upon producing evidence that he is authorised:

But in the case of the sections marked , an inspector cannot enter a dwelling except for purposes connected with:

A wildlife inspector may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offense under section 6, 7, section 14 section 9(5)], 13(2) or is being, or has been, committed in respect of any specimen, require any person who has the specimen in his possession or control to make it available for examination by the inspector.

Any person who has in his possession or control any live bird or other animal shall give any wildlife inspector acting in the exercise of powers conferred by this section such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require for the purpose of examining the bird or other animal. It is an offence to fail without reasonable excuse to give any assistance reasonably required.

Any person who intentionally obstructs a wildlife inspector acting in the exercise of powers of entry examination shall be guilty of an offence. Any person who, with intent to deceive, falsely pretends to be a wildlife inspector shall be guilty of an offence.

In the United States, a wildlife inspector is a person employed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement in the defense against the illegal wildlife trade by ensuring that wildlife shipments comply with American and international wildlife protection laws.

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