New Operation Charm Factsheet

A Walk on the Wild Side

The Met's Wildlife Crime Unit has long been hot on the heels of crimes against animals. Meet the borough-based officers helping to protect the capital's creatures.

The Illegal Trade in Bears

This document highlights the illegal trade in bears and how they're used in the creation of traditional Chinese medicine products and for items made from their skins. The publication is available in English and Chinese, as a PDF file.

Saiga fact sheet

This fact sheet, available in English, lists the salient information about the Saiga antelope and why it is becoming endangered.

Information for antiques traders on endangered species

This fact sheet provides information for antiques traders on the law regarding the trade in endangered species, which applies to live animals, dead specimens, body parts and any form of derivative; the only exception being ‘worked’ antique items.

Bear poster

The poster used in use to raise public awareness about Operation Charm and saving endangered species is available to download as a PDF file.

Traditional Chinese Medicine booklet

传统中医药宣传单

The document is available in English and simplified Chinese.

Operation Charm poster

As part of Operation Charm's campaign to raise public awareness of the endangered species trade in London, posters like this were displayed before Christmas 2006 at London Underground stations for four weeks following the launch. The poster is available to download from the site.