28 June 2013 Four member of the Middleton Hunt, including the Huntsman and the Whipper-in, have been summonsed to appear at Court on 15 July 2013 for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 and the Animal Welfare Act 2006. A report was made to Humberside Police by The League following an incident on land near …
Man accused of badger sett disturbance to appear in court following investigations by the League
28 June 2013 William Staines has been summonsed to appear before Canterbury & St. Augustine Magistrates’ Court on Friday 28th June 2013, charged with an offence of Interfering with a badger sett. The case is based upon surveillance evidence provided by League investigators in respect of an incident which is alleged to have occurred on …
Ollerton man pleads not guilty to seven charges
Andrew Callwood is the whipper-in for the Cheshire Forest Hunt Friday 28th June 2013 in News By Emma Rigby AN Ollerton man has pleaded not guilty to sex offences against two women. Andrew James Callwood, of Manor Farm, Seven Sisters Lane, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday, June 24 for a plea and case …
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Gamekeepers fined for threats to monitors
Friday, June 28, 2013 By Tina Rowe An incident in which two hunt monitors were threatened, sworn at and had their camcorders wrenched from their hands ended in court appearances for three hunt supporters. Gamekeepers Lee Mabey and Lewis Longstaff and unemployed carpenter Paul Bennett, all supporters of the Dorset-based Cattistock Hunt, admitted using threatening …
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Controversial herring gull cull gets green light
The environment secretary has ruled that the cull of the endangered sea birds on the Ribble Estuary can go ahead Leo Hickman guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 25 June 2013 Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, has given the green light to a controversial cull of endangered sea birds on the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire, the Guardian has learned. …
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Michael Eavis throws support behind badger cull
Glastonbury festival founder and dairy farmer says he is 'not on the side of badgers' and supports a cull in certain circumstances Simon Hattenstone and Patrick Barkham guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 June 2013 15.20 BST Michael Eavis, the founder of Glastonbury festival and the best-known dairy farmer in Britain, has spoken in support of the badger …
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Cheshire huntsman cautioned for threatening League 65-year-old hunt monitor
Cheshire huntsman and international show jumper, Keith Shore has been issued with a Police caution for threatening behaviour against a volunteer League Against Cruel Sports Hunt Monitor. During a Cheshire Hounds Hunt on 12th February 2013 at Church Minshull in Cheshire, Keith Shore from Little Leigh, near Northwich, threateningly rode his horse at a 65 …
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Gamekeeper fined for poisoning bird of prey
A gamekeeper who poisoned a bird of prey and owned illegal pesticides has been fined £4,450. • Gamekeeper who poisoned common buzzard fined £4,450 • Peter Bell, 62, also found guilty of owning illegal pesticides The common buzzard died after eating the carcass of a pheasant that Peter Bell laced with highly toxic pesticide carbofuran. …
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Cull saboteurs: ‘We will put ourselves between the bullets and the badgers’
Sarah Morrison delves inside the secret world of the people trying to stop the mass shootings Sarah Morrison Friday, 14 June 2013 Lynn, a 46-year-old midwife, finds a novel way to fill her days off. The one-time hunter is now a hunt saboteur who finds herself at the centre of the Government’s controversial badger cull. …
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