Trees cut down and animals killed in Baildon, Bradford

By Brad Deas BradDeas_TandA Digital Reporter and Audience & Content Editor

Wildlife Officers have launched an appeal after trees were cut down and animals were killed in the Baildon area of Bradford <i>(Image: Main picture: West Yorkshire Police. Inset picture: Canva)</i>

Wildlife Officers have launched an appeal after trees were cut down and animals were killed in the Baildon area of Bradford (Image: Main picture: West Yorkshire Police. Inset picture: Canva)

TREES have been cut down and animals killed in a Bradford area.

West Yorkshire Police's Wildlife & Rural Crime Team posted an appeal on its Facebook page this afternoon after two crimes were committed.

The post said: "Some of you may be aware of an incident in the Baildon area where trees have been cut down and animals killed."

If anyone has any information that could help police with their investigation, you should contact them on 101, or using the contact options on the West Yorkshire Police website.

You should quote crime reference numbers: 13240584095 and 13240584137.

Wildlife Crime Officers (WCOs), along with their normal duties, volunteer to investigate wildlife offences.

The WCOs also attend and investigate linked crime types such as rural crime, plant theft (heavy machinery) and heritage crime, which includes theft from religious and historic sites.

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