Still sabbing the bastards
THE GOVERNMENT is confident that none of its TDs will vote against legislation to ban stag hunting despite vociferous objections to the Bill from Fianna Fáil backbenchers. A spokesman for the Chief Whip’s office said: “Clearly there are people who have difficulties with it but we are confident we have the numbers and there is …
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A NEW drag hunting group is reviewing its plans to start its first full season in the autumn after some of its dogs were found to have been neglected. Alasdair Hilleary, committee chairman of the Highland Drag Hunt, yesterday apologised after animal welfare inspectors were called in to investigate when four hounds were discovered in …
The Assembly has voted to ban hare coursing in Northern Ireland. A motion to outlaw the use of greyhounds to chase and kill Irish hares was passed by 23 to 18 this week and has been incorporated into the Wildlife and Natural Environment (NI) Bill. It is expected to come into force after the summer. …
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Dear Friends, I am now able to confirm that the Appeal will be held at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre, 2 Park Street, Cardiff, South Wales, CF10 1ET. We shall be in Court 15 which holds approximately 60 people. The Court is approximately two minutes from Cardiff Central Station. We are advised that parking facilities in …
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A TATTOOIST could be facing a prison sentence after being convicted of keeping an illegal pit bull for dog fighting. After deliberating for more than five hours, magistrates in Cwmbran convicted David Braddon, 47, of Glyn Llwysen, Llanbradach, of three offences. The father-of-five was found guilty of keeping or training a dog for use in …
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A FARMER and former magistrate has been fined for trapping and shooting a badger which dug up his garden. The RSPCA yesterday warned people against killing the animals after dairy farmer and former High Sheriff of Dyfed Richard Harold James, 77, caught the badger in a snare near his Pembrokeshire home and blasted it to …
FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2010 MEET: 12 NOON AT THE CORN EXCHANGE, LEEDS Thomson Ecology is the company responsible for surveying for badgers and sett locations prior to the Welsh Assembly badger killing due to start any day now, i.e. these people are finding out where the badgers are and where best to trap them, then …
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A cull on badgers in Pembrokeshire will not begin before the results of an appeal, the Welsh rural affairs minister has announced. The decision was made after the Badger Trust was told it could appeal against the outcome of a judicial review that backed the assembly government's plans. Elin Jones had initially said work on …
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Thousands of grey squirrels could be culled in parts of Cornwall to help red squirrels return to the county. Landowners on the Lizard and in west Penwith want to generate support for the scheme, which has the backing of Prince Charles, the Duke of Cornwall. Grey squirrels carry a virus that kills red squirrels, which …
Three men from East Sussex have been charged in relation to poaching offences. The men are accused of using crossbows to kill deer and wild birds in the Rother and Wealden area. They will appear before Hastings Magistrates Court on 17 June charged with offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Sussex Police said the …
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