Forensic
Response UK
(FR-UK)

We are a volunteer support and information network. Having successfully formerly operated as a not-for-profit CIC, during which time we are proud to have financially supported many community projects, we now focus on providing support and information on how to access volunteer forensic scientific expert support for those in need of help.

Please see our Activities page for the details of the community projects we have supported and the positive outcomes achieved.

We are proud to support those in need of volunteer expert services and this site will provide signposting, information, resources and news to those in need.

We uphold the values of biocentric aims and objectives, and we promote the preservation of biodiversity, animal welfare and protection of the environment.

Our volunteer work and intelligence research on biocentric challenges to endangered wildlife have identified dangers that could cross over from a threat to wildlife, to a threat to public health.

Documented research by combined teams from Sun Yat-sen University in Southern China, Princeton University and the University of Tennessee in the United States, in their report titled "Assessing the illegal hunting of native wildlife in China" has revealed that poaching “has the potential to foster zoonotic disease outbreak” and has the “potential to cause major losses of biodiversity and significant risks to public health.” They concluded that “one-quarter of traded mammals globally hosted three-quarters of known zoonotic viruses”.

Documented research by The Wildlife Justice Commission, in their report titled “Convergence of wildlife crime with other forms of organised crime” has reported in detail how those that benefit from the criminal proceeds of illegal wildlife smuggling and poaching will use those funds to diversify into other serious crimes that have a direct effect on increased human misery and suffering, such as people trafficking, drug dealing and prostitution.

It is vital for the welfare of those affected that like-minded individuals, groups and organisations that seek to detect and disrupt these illegal activities via the appropriate forensic method are given full support, information and signposting to the appropriate resource that can assist them.