Still sabbing the bastards
Cull has killed 6,500, at a cost of £5m, and the government is about to spend a further £200,000 on the remaining birds It's small, chestnut-brown and American, bobs around on lakes and ponds and has bred happily in Britain for 60 years. But bird lovers hoping to see the ruddy duck in a natural …
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Please, please, please try to come to the peaceful demo against the Windermere geese cull. Meeting at 12 noon at Bowness (lake cruises area) on Saturday 10th March. Bring banners etc. An announcement was made today which stated they are still going to cull regardless of public opinion and a petition of over 2600 signatures. …
http://cumbrialive.tv/loadplayer-bl-small.htm?config1=file%2Fget%2FMartinCampbell-KillTheCull844.mp4 Nice short clip on Cumbria Live asking to stop the cull of Canadian Geese
Craig Barrie has failed in a bid to keep his gamekeeper licence after he was caught using a pigeon as a decoy. A gamekeeper caught using a live pigeon to lure other birds into his sights has failed in a bid to keep his job. Craig Barrie used a live pigeon as a decoy to …
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A cull of Canada geese in the Lake District is set to go ahead despite opposition from animal rights activists. Queen guitarist Brian May has previously criticised the proposals to shoot 200 of the birds on Lake Windermere. The Windermere Geese Management Group (WGMG), made up of representatives from conservation organisations, landowners and scientific bodies, …
A MAN convicted of badger baiting has been subjected to a series of threats and is believed to be a major target of animal rights activists. Police are investigating after William Anderson, 26, from Pickering, claimed he was being harassed upon his release from prison after serving just one month of his 16-week jail sentence. …
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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 …
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 …
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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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 …