Still sabbing the bastards
25 April 2014 Last updated at 17:55 Three members of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds have appeared in court charged with illegally hunting stags. Huntsman Donald Summersgill and joint hunt masters Rupert Andrews and David Greenwood face a total of four charges. Mr Greenwood denies two charges relating to alleged incidents of hunting with dogs …
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By Hull Daily Mail | Posted: April 25, 2014 By Simon Bristow ADMITTED CHARGES: From left, Michael Johnson, Paul Thompson, Anthony Broadbent and Samuel Harrison FOUR poachers have been fined for illegally hunting with dogs. Michael Johnson, 47, Paul Thompson, 36, Anthony Broadbent, 24, and 18-year-old Samuel Harrison, all admitted a joint charge of illegally …
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Closing Date for Online Petition: 05 May 2014 Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to stop issuing licences permitting salmon farming, salmon netting and salmon angling interests to shoot and kill seals in Scottish waters and instead require that salmon farmers either move their farms into on-shore tank systems or legally …
Pic of Sheffield sabs confronting seal shooters earlier today attached 22 April 2014 Last updated at 14:59 A major wild salmon producer has said it is giving up the culling of seals after protests at a harbour in the north east of Scotland. The Montrose-based Scottish Wild Salmon Company claimed it had been confronted by …
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Members of the HSA have just returned from Scotland where they have been involved in stopping the shooting of seals by fishing companies. They have been busy mapping the location of Salmon nets used by the Scottish Wild Salmon Company in, and around, Gamrie Bay, Aberdeenshire. Since arriving in the area hunt saboteurs have ranged …
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Posted: April 9th, 2014 By BWM We are happy to share with everyone an interview with Manchester Hunt Sabs! With the growing opposition to hunts in North America around government culls, and the recent rise in organized hunting, they spoke with us to share some tips and information about hunt sabbing, and how people can …
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By Joseph Wilkes | Posted: April 10, 2014 THE SIGHT of ripped deer carcasses strapped to quad bikes has left a 12-year-old girl “very upset” as her school’s cross country event crossed paths with a hunt on Exmoor. Richard Holloway, from George Nympton near South Molton, contacted the Journal to explain how his daughter Heather …
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11/4/2014 DUNGANNON man and former Tyrone GAA star, Gerard Cavlan, has appeared before the local Magistrates Court on a charge of interfering with a badger sett. The 38 year-old, from Willows Gardens, appeared alongside Shane Loughran, 33, of Clonmeen Cottages, also Dungannon. The men are accused of intentionally or recklessly obstructing access to a badger …
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A father and son from Larkhall have been convicted of multiple offences relating to badger baiting Tuesday 08/04/2014 Following a Scottish SPCA investigation, John Murray snr, 57, and John Murray jnr, 34, both of Earn Gardens, Larkhall, were sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court today. Murray snr and Murray jnr were both banned from owning dogs …
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8 April 2014 Last updated at 03:39 Policing the badger cull in Somerset cost £739,000, new figures released by the Avon and Somerset force reveal. A breakdown of the figures shows the initial six week cull cost £541,000 with an extra £198,000 for the three-week extension. By far the greatest single expenditure - £575,000 - …
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