Save the Windermere Geese On Saturday March 10th, there will be a demonstration at Bowness on Windermere (where the lake cruises leave from), from noon. This will be to hand out leaflets telling residents and visitors how they can help stop the killing. If you would like to read more about this proposed cull, please …
Dog fight pair from Chesham jailed
TWO Chesham men have been jailed and given a lifetime ban from keeping animals after admitting a series of offences related to illegal dog fighting. Javed Jahangir and Sajid Mahmood were both caged for 20 weeks at Reading Magistrates' Court for offences the RSPCA described as "one of the most premeditated and barbaric forms of …
Re-think hope over plans to cull Canada geese on Windermere
GROWING condemnation over plans to cull 200 Canada geese on Windermere has sparked a re-think by national park bosses. Staunch opponents of the proposal handed over a 2,600-signature petition to the Lake District National Park Authority this week, urging it to ‘stop this blood bath now’. Plans to shoot the birds this spring, after complaints …
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Huntsman appeals badger sett conviction
A hunt monitor has told a court how he watched a terrierman dig out a badger sett as he flushed out a fox. Hunt observer Edmund Shephard hid on a bridleway behind a stone wall as he shot 31 minutes of video in which huntsman Andrew Bellamy and a colleague dug furiously in a field …
Leader of illegal blood-sports ring gets life ban on keeping animals
THE leader of an illegal badger baiting ring has been banned from owning dogs for life after being convicted under new animal cruelty laws. Andrew Mullen was found to have a haul of photographs showing images of dogs fighting badgers, foxes and deer when his home was raided by police and animal welfare officers following …
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Fined for trapping wild birds
A farmer has been ordered to pay a total of £3,215 for illegally trapping wild birds on his land. Ivan Crane (53), of East Langton, was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates' Court after being found guilty last month of three offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act relating to trapping birds without an appropriate licence. Police …
Masked protest at South Shropshire Hunt
Men wearing balaclavas and hooded tops gatecrashed an annual hunt in Shropshire, it was alleged today. Officials from the South Shropshire Hunt said a minibus containing about a dozen people pulled up outside the Mytton and Mermaid pub in Atcham, near Shrewsbury, just before the start of its annual hunt. Hunt master Otis Ferry said …
Gun fanatic spared jail for cat killing
A GUN fanatic who shot a cat and then clubbed it to death has been spared immediate jail for possessing illegal firearms. Former JCB worker Clive Price had a gun disguised as a walking stick - described by the judge as "an assassin's weapon" - among his prohibited firearms. It was found along with a …
Hunt for illegal bird shoot gang
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/hunt_for_illegal_bird_shoot_gang_1_4249817 Hunt for illegal bird shoot gang Wednesday 15 February 2012 Police are hunting a gang of men who were spotted illegally shooting birds in the Lancashire countryside. Three men were spotted on Glasson Marsh, near Morecambe, shooting at birds. Upset witnesses said one gull was shot and thrown up in the air repeatedly and …
Crawley & Horsham Hunt trial date set
Note for your diary next month. The date of the trial for the four members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt has been set for April 23rd 2012 and is expected to last about 7 days. The case will be heard at Horsham Magistrates Court. Andrew Phillis, former huntsman (who is now huntsman/master for the …