Still sabbing the bastards
Magistrates have warned a Keighley man he faces being sent to jail for a “horrendous” case of badger baiting after he admitted causing his dog to fight the animals. Anthony Lee, 23, of Coronation Way, Braithwaite, Keighley, pleaded guilty to three counts of badger baiting at Bradford Magistrates’ Court. The court was shown three videos …
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The Cotswold Vale hunt today (27/3/12) attacked 3 people, one of them a woman in her sixties, during their final hunting day of the season. The first attack involved a motorist who they claimed had hit one of their hounds on the B4213 near Apperley, Gloucestershire. One of the hunt terrier men punched him in …
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ANIMAL campaigners are blaming huntsmen after a badger sett was found dug into and destroyed. Police are investigating reports of a sett allegedly being destroyed by terriermen belonging to an Essex hunt, near to Sturmer Road, New England, in Halstead. It is illegal to enter or disrupt a badger sett without a licence. Renee Hockley …
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Police are investigating an alleged assault on a Carlisle man that occurred during a hunt. It is alleged that the victim, who is a man in his 40s, was monitoring the Coniston Hunt on Saturday when he was assaulted by at least two men who hit him with sticks. He suffered minor facial injuries in …
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A hunt saboteur was attacked by hunt supporters whilst monitoring the Coniston hunt yesterday (24th March). The hunt who were having their final meet of the season at their kennels near Ambleside had already illegally killed a fox before the attack occurred according to walkers who said they saw the kill. Three saboteurs were set …
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Poaching and hare coursing gangs often linked with major drugs operations are behind most crimes against wildlife. In Cumbria last year, 363 wildlife crimes were reported to the police and of those 211 involved poaching, hare coursing and lamping – hunting animals at night with high-powered lights. In one incident at Sandysyke near Longtown, three …
HSA Press Release Sunday, 18 March 2012 More violence from the Ross Harriers Hunt Supporters of the Ross Harriers Hunt smashed a vehicle window and attacked hunt saboteurs with an iron bar during a meet at Orcop Hill, west of Ross On Wye, yesterday. The victim of the attack suffered injuries to the leg and …
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Farmers and unions have described the decision not to cull as a betrayal The Welsh government has dropped plans to cull badgers as part of an attempt to wipe out bovine TB in cattle. Environment Minister John Griffiths said he had instead opted to vaccinate the animals after carefully considering the scientific evidence. A review …
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UK badger culling plans could kill tens of thousands of the animals, worsen the cattle tuberculosis problem, and put the country in breach of a European wildlife treaty, advisers have warned. The government is to allow culling in England to curb cattle TB, with a similar move possible in Wales. The Labour Party used Freedom …
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Protestors gather at Bowness Bay to oppose the culling of 200 Canada Geese PROTESTORS against the culling of 200 Canada Geese gathered at Bowness Bay today. Between 50 and 100 campaigners chanted 'Kill the cull' and held up banners saying 'Peace for Geese' and 'Shafted by the LDNPA' to oppose the proposed culling this spring. …
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