BADGER baiters who were caught interfering with a sett in north Northumberland and found with vile videos of animal cruelty on their phones have been sentenced today. Callous Christopher Hindmarsh and accomplice Justin Lang have been disqualified from keeping dogs for three years and will have to pay £260 each for costs. They will also …
Government welfare body attacks gamebird battery cages
The government's official advisory body on farmed animal welfare has today launched a devastating attack on the systems used to mass-produce pheasants and partridges for 'sport' shooting. The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), in its Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Gamebirds, is especially critical of battery cages for breeding birds. First exposed nationally by …
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Accrington man jailed for arranging dog fights
AN ACCRINGTON man has today been jailed for six months for arranging dog fights. In June 2007, police and RSPCA officers executed a warrant at two addresses in Blackburn Road, Accrington and Richmond Road, Blackburn. When officers entered the Blackburn Road address, blood was found on the walls. DNA samples were taken and the results …
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Three Men and Youth Admit Illegal Hare Coursing
THREE men and a youth found in a muddy 4x4 vehicle with a number of lurcher dogs have admitted illegal hare coursing. The four hare courses were caught at Lowers Farm, Six Mile Bottom, on August 13, Ely magistrates were told on Thursday. Danny King, 22, of Dartford, Kent; George King, 25, of Bexleyheath, Kent; …
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