What it can do to tackle crimes to wildlife and rare breeding animals.

Scotland has a robust legislative framework to deal with wildlife crime which includes the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Species such as white-tailed sea eagles have additional protection in law so that their nest sites are protected at all times, even when not in use.
The Scottish Government has continued to develop the legislative framework since 2007 including new legal requirements on snaring and trapping, new protection for species such as the brown hare and the introduction of new vicarious liability provisions to ensure that land owners and land managers are not able to turn a blind eye to offences against wild birds being committed on their ground by employees or contractors.
Scotland is home to the National Wildlife Crime Unit, which gathers and collates intelligence on wildlife crime. Scotland has a network of 109 wildlife crime officers within Police Scotland and has a dedicated team of prosecutors within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
The Scottish Government has built a broad alliance involving land managers, conservationists and law enforcement working together in the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW Scotland). PAW Scotland aims to build trust, share good practice and isolate those who continue to damage Scotland’s wildlife.
On 1 July the Scottish Government announced a further package of targeted measures aimed at deterring and detecting wildlife crime. The detail of the measures is set out at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Wildlife-Habitats/paw-scotland/news/2013/raptor-persecution-new-measures.