The famous Speyside ospreys at the Loch Garten sanctuary were last night facing disaster after both adult birds became entangled in discarded fishing tackle. The male bird Odin was yesterday trailing around 40ft of line while its mate EJ had a 6in length lodged in her beak. Options for removing the lines are currently being …
Badger diggers arrested
A BLOOD sport swoop saw three men arrested in Northumberland. The Operation Seal inquiry was set up jointly between Northumbria Police and the RSPCA’s special operations unit. It followed an intelligence-led operation into badger baiting and cock fighting in Northumberland. The operation also investigated the baiting of other protected animals with dogs. Search warrants were …
Gamekeeper at Balmoral on trial over badger traps
Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent One of the Queen's gamekeepers at Balmoral is being prosecuted for wildlife offences after two badgers were killed by snares laid on the estate. Robbie Elliot is to appear at Stonehaven sheriff court next month. He has been accused under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 of failing to properly check …
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H&M boss and shooting estates
From The Sunday Times The Swedish owner of H&M is developing a taste for English country life and it's costing £25m Lucy Denyer and Helen Davies THE Swedish billionaire owner of H&M, the high street fashion giant, is poised to buy an entire English village and up to 2,000 acres of surrounding countryside for £25m. …
Otis Ferry walks free thanks to puppy plea
From Times Online The pro-hunting campaigner Otis Ferry walked free from court today after claiming that he had only got involved in a skirmish with hunt monitors because of the recent theft of his puppy by animal rights activists. Ferry, 26, the son of the Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, was given a one-year conditional …
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Huntsman Ferry fined over dispute
Otis Ferry has been fined £350 and given a one-year conditional discharge after admitting a public order offence at a hunt in Gloucestershire. Ferry was charged with affray, robbery and assault after a dispute with two hunt monitors near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, in November 2007. The 26-year-old's not guilty pleas to those charges were accepted at …
Man pleads guilty in dog fighting case
View Video - WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS DISTRESSING SCENES OF A DEAD DOG A 'DOG lover' who pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to dogs has been banned from owning any animal. John Knibbs, 45, of Harrowby Hall Estate, Grantham, pleaded guilty to five charges at Grantham Magistrates Court on Monday, including failing to prevent two …
Hare courser pleads guilty
A MORECAMBE man who illegally hunted a hare with dogs for pleasure has been ordered to pay nearly £3,000. Robert MacIntyre, of St Patrick's Walk in Heysham, pleaded guilty at Preston Magistrates' Court after he was spotted by a member of the public releasing two lurcher-type dogs to chase a hare on farmland on Bradshaw …
Harewood House estate angrily denies ‘animal death pit’ allegations
By Mark Casci Agricultural Correspondent ALLEGATIONS of animal cruelty at a Yorkshire estate have been strenuously denied by its managers after an animal rights organisation accused it of the "systematic slaughter of wildlife". Harewood House has furiously rejected claims made by the League Against Cruel Sports that it was engaged in the persecution of wildlife …
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Hare coursers hit with huge bill after raids
By Stef Hall, Crime Reporter Two men arrested during an RSPCA investigation into hare coursing in Lancashire have been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs and fines. Police and RSPCA officers mounted a probe following calls from farmers around Out Rawcliffe and Winmarleigh, near Garstang, who reported an increase in illegal hunting. One …
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