Month: October 2013

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Somerset illegal badger cull attempted – father and son convicted

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/story-20016842-detail/story.html Somerset illegal badger cull attempted - father and son convicted Thursday, October 31, 2013 Shepton Mallet Journal A father and son from Somerset have been fined £1,370 each after pleading guilty to blocking badger setts on their farm and piping car exhaust fumes into the earth in an attempt to gas the animals inside. …

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Keith Mann Support Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SupportKeithMann/ Please support Keith who lived for many years in the North West and has done a lot for animal rights. ######################################################### This group has been set up to help friend of the animals, Keith Mann. In August 2013, Keith was diagnosed with an incurable cancer known as follicular lymphoma and in true Keith form, …

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Gloucestershire badger cull licence extension granted

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-24642465 23 October 2013 Last updated at 17:18 Gloucestershire badger cull licence extension granted Badger Defra said 708 badgers had been killed in the six-week Gloucestershire cull The pilot badger cull in west Gloucestershire will continue for another eight weeks after a licence was granted, Natural England has confirmed. During the six-week period of the …

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An “impartial” magistrate passes sentence on an illegal fox hunter

Published on Oct 18, 2013 Zsa Roggendorff chaired a bench of magistrates that passed sentence on Nick Bycroft, huntsman of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, on 17 Sept 2013. This was for a Hunting Act offence. She admitted being a neighbour of the defendant , but earlier footage showing hunting on "her land" indicates that …

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Badger cull falls short of its target in Gloucestershire

Badger cull falls short of its target in Gloucestershire Company seeks extension as marksmen manage to kill only 30% of population against a target of 70% in alloted six weeks Adam Vaughan theguardian.com, Thursday 17 October 2013 The number of badgers killed in Gloucestershire as part of a cull by farmers and government to curb …

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Badger cull campaigners fear a countryside free-for-all

http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Badger-cull-campaigners-fear-countryside-free/story-19938059-detail/story.html Badger cull campaigners fear a countryside free-for-all By The Citizen Wednesday, October 16, 2013 ALLOWING an illegal van driver to transport dead badgers away from the cull zone is the latest example of a "free-for-all" developing in the countryside, anti-cull campaigners claim. A 27-year-old man from Altrincham has been reported for summons to court …

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POLL PLEASE VOTE NO: Should fox-hunting with a full pack of hounds be allowed?

Should hunting rules 'to be relaxed' PLEASE VOTE NO AND SHARE !!!!!! The poll is 1/2 way down the page on the right hand side of the link below http://www.westbriton.co.uk/POLL-Fox-hunting-rules-relaxed/story-19930066-detail/story.html?ito=email_newsletter_westbriton North West Hunt Saboteurs Association 07960 038230 http://www.nwhsa.org.uk info Blog - http://nwhsa.wordpress.com Direct Action Against All Forms of bloodsports

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Frosterley man receives suspended prison sentence after admitting badger baiting

A MAN caught badger baiting was photographed by the landowner armed with dogs, nets and a spade, a court was told. Alan Henderson was spotted making his way towards the badger sett in woods near Crook, County Durham, along with another man on the night of February 5. Kevin Campbell, prosecuting for the RSPCA, said …

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