TWO people from south Wales have been charged with breaking a 179-year-old animal welfare law. Police were called to Great Barrington in the Cotswolds three months ago after members of the public reported hare coursing and two arrests were made. A 25-year-old from South Glamorgan and a 21-year-old from Gwent have now been charged with …
Couple who reared pitbulls avoid prison
A couple who bred illegal pitbulls to sell on as fighting dogs have escaped a jail term. Sarah Wilkinson, 23 and Nathan Kirkby, 18, have been sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid work by magistrates after admitting possession of a fighting dog, breeding of a fighting dog and advertising as a gift a fighting dog …
Lockerbie man faces badger pesticide charge
A man from Lockerbie has been appeared in court on charges of interfering with a badger sett. William Scobie, 75, of Whitehills Avenue, is alleged to have put the banned pesticide Cymag in the entrance to the sett at nearby Jardine Hall. He is also accused of obstructing access to the sett and storing the …
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Eden huntsman beat fox to its death
A MAN who flushed a fox from its den and beat it to death with a stick has today been found guilty of illegal hunting with a dog. Witnesses told Penrith Magistrates Court that Alistair Robinson, 48, of Bampton Grange, near Shap, held the fox by its tail and struck it eight times. Robinson had …
Fernie hunt employees face prosecution after being filmed by anti-hunt group
Both men are due to appear at Market Harborough Magistrates' Court Two employees of a hunt face prosecution after being filmed by an anti fox-hunting group. Fernie huntsman Derek Hopkins and Kevin Allen, a terrierman, are being prosecuted for alleged offences under the Hunting Act 2004 and the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. The alleged …
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Drag hunt folds before first season
A DRAG hunting group has disbanded before its first full season even started following an investigation by an animal welfare charity which found some of its dogs had been neglected. advertising Alasdair Hilleary, committee chairman of the Highland Drag Hunt - which was due to start in the autumn - apologised after Scottish SPCA inspectors …
Lake District hunt members cautioned by police after attack on protestors
Two members of a Lake District hunt have been cautioned by police after a video was posted on the internet showing an attack on anti-hunt protestors. The League Against Cruel Sports were following the Coniston Foxhounds near Ambleside in March when the video was taken. In it, a member of the league gets involved in …
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