Struczynski, John, 1–3, 222
Sullivan, Sean, 265, 267
Taming of Genghis, The (Stevens), 167
Tarr, Vernon, 47, 53
Taung Child, 47
taxidermy, 8, 18, 105, 188–89
terrier men, 104, 194
Terrorism Act (2000) (Great Britain), 4
Theft Act (1968) (Great Britain), 207
Thesiger, Wilfred, 138–39
Thomas, Mike, 201
Tomei, Rodrigo, 243–45, 247–48
Toxteth riots (1981), 70–71
Transvaal Falconry Club, 118
tree pipit, 108
Tremblay, Guy, 179, 180
United Arab Emirates (UAE) as CITES signatory, 137
creation of, 135–36
falconry in culture of, 37
See also Abu Dhabi; Dubai; Gulf States; Gulf States falconry
United States falconry, 41
wildlife protection regulations, 132–33, 150
Upson, Michael, 250
Upton, Roger, 136
US Fish and Wildlife Service, 150
Uzbekistan, 141
Verreaux, Jules, 52
Vesey, Ernest, 165
Victorian era, 97–98, 99
Wallace, Russel, 16
Wallace Distributors, 117–18, 121, 125
Waller, Howard African Black Eagle Survey participation, 54
Dubai falcon breeding, 40, 136–38, 143–47, 148–49
on Dubai industrialization, 140
on Lendrum’s childhood egg collecting, 47
Lendrum’s egg smuggling operation and, 149, 158, 159, 178, 212, 224, 254
Lendrum’s loan request, 246–47
on Lendrum’s personality, 130
on South African extradition plans, 91
Waller, Renz, 133–34
Walpole-Bond, John Arthington, 99–100, 109
water vole, 105
Watson, Colin, 109–10
Watt, Dave, 174–75, 176–78
West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit Birmingham arrest and, 7, 9
Birmingham detention and, 206–7
Birmingham suspicions and, 3–4
evidence against Lendrum found by, 27–28, 208
initial charge by, 17
Lendrum arrest, 206
Lendrum interview and, 19, 23, 24, 27
McWilliam’s post-conviction contacts with Lendrum and, 223
Wheal, Gregory Peter, 113–14, 222
Wheeler, Timothy, 107, 195, 196
Whitaker, James, 101
white-tailed sea eagle, 110–11
Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) (Great Britain), 17, 101, 191–92, 207, 219
wildlife crime enforcement British sentencing guidelines, 17–18
Chile, 237, 240
DNA evidence and, 191, 192–93
Operation Bat, 188
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and, 94
sentencing guidelines, 217
See also McWilliam’s wildlife crime investigation career; National Wildlife Crime Unit
wildlife protection regulations Birds Directive (1979) (Great Britain), 207
Canada, 13, 159
Control of Trade in Endangered Species Enforcement Regulations (1997) (Great Britain), 13, 187, 207
Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (Great Britain), 103, 181
Endangered Species Act (1976) (Great Britain), 188, 207
European Union, 187, 207
Great Britain, 12–13, 96, 101, 104, 191–92
legal falcon trade and, 14, 133
Protection of Badgers Act (1992) (Great Britain), 104
Protection of Birds Act (1954) (Great Britain), 96, 101
Rhodesia, 46–47
United States, 132–33
Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) (Great Britain), 17, 101, 191–92, 207, 219
Wildlife Trade Regulations (1996) (European Union), 207
World War II, 69
World Wildlife Fund, 103, 152
World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, 89
Zambia, 48–49
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh (ruler of Abh Dhabi), 135–36
Zimbabwe, 252–53 founding of, 59–60
Hwange National Park, 60
Adrian and Jeffrey Lendrum arrest, 79–83
Mugabe regime, 59, 60, 86, 117, 251, 252
See also Matobo National Park; Rhodesia
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Title: The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird / Joshua Hammer.
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