On Saturday December 28th hunt saboteurs from Yorkshire attended a Pony Club meet of the York & Ainsty South Foxhounds at Escrick Park. Three foxes that were deliberately hunted were aided in their escape by the sabs through the course of the day and, as the sun was going down, three terrier men were found …
Northamptonshire Police, Money to Burn?
Hunt saboteurs from the Northants and West Midlands groups visited the Oakley hunt on Saturday 28/12/2013. On their arrival the hunt were clearly hunting foxes and the sabs had to intervene to enable an animal to escape. Shortly after this a police helicopter arrived, which it later transpired was called in from Leicestershire expressly for …
Vicious Assault on Hunt Saboteur by Huntsman and chum of Nigel Farage
During a meet of the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent Foxhounds at Fordcombe, Kent on the 14th December, huntsman Mark Bycroft launched an unprovoked assault on a hunt saboteur. Despite calling 999 Kent police failed to take any action on the day. Following complaints they reviewed the video evidence and, although he has a …
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Nigel Farage (TOSSER) shows his fox hunting support at Boxing Day chase – but 80% of Brits back the ban
Nigel Farage shows his fox hunting support at Boxing Day chase - but 80% of Brits back the ban Downing Street has suggested it might introduce a government motion to amend the 2004 ban by relaxing rules that say farmers can only use two dogs to hunt Tally Ho! UKIP leader Nigel Farage moves in …
Stirling hare coursing pair fined
Two men who looked on as their dogs tore apart a brown hare were each fined £400 on Friday. Stirling Sheriff Court heard how John Gibson (27) and William McPhee (22) were spotted on farmland in Bridge of Allan with two lurcher type dogs at around lunchtime on February 21. It was later discovered that …
Revealed: boom in badger baiting in Scotland
An SSPCA image showing a dog following a fight with a badger. IT IS a barbaric crime that stirs such visceral revulsion that it was outlawed almost 200 years ago. However, an undercover investigator for the Scottish SPCA has revealed that badger baiting is thriving in 21st-century Scotland. Hundreds of incidents related to the illegal …
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Norfolk: Gamekeeper denies killing protected wild birds
A gamekeeper has denied killing protected wild birds on a country estate in North Norfolk. Allen Lambert, who is 64 arrived at King's Lynn Magistrates this morning. He denied charges of killing wild birds and keeping chemicals to harm them. It's alleged the offences took place on the Stody Estate near Melton Constable between January …
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Gamekeeper fined for Shropshire bird of prey trap
A part-time gamekeeper has been ordered to pay more than £500 by a court – after admitting setting an illegal trap in Shropshire designed to harm birds of prey. Wayne Edward Priday, of Leintwardine, was caught after investigating officers from charity the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds visited a pheasant release …
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Gamekeeper charged over wild birds
A gamekeeper on a Norfolk country estate has been charged with illegally killing wild birds Allen Lambert, 64, who lives and works on the Stody Estate, has been charged with a string of offences including killing buzzards, a sparrowhawk and a tawny owl. It is understood he had been employed as gamekeeper on the estate …
Residents’ shock as the Beaufort hunt hurtled through Tetbury town centre last Monday
TERRIFIED Tetbury residents have reported the Beaufort Hunt to police after a pack of hounds ran through the town centre on Monday. Resident Peter Martin saw the hunt come right past his house on Longfurlong Lane and said it was “completely unacceptable” for such an activity to take place in a residential area. He claims …