Hunt supporter pleads guilty following vicious attack on sabs

Following an attack on hunt saboteurs at a Northamptonshire meet of the Ryford Chase Rabbit Hounds and Pytchley Foxhounds on 22/3/2014, Mr Jacob Dean Whalley plead guilty and was convicted on 9/9/2014 of 3 counts of battery, contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Whalley was ordered to pay compensation of £450 …

Barrow man charged with baiting dogs to attack a cat causing suffering

Last updated at 11:28, Friday, 17 October 2014 A 29-year-old has been charged with baiting dogs to attack a cat and causing unnecessary suffering. Andrew Stephen Fenton of Westway, Barrow, is set to appear before Furness Magistrates’ Court on Monday. It is alleged that between September 19, 2013 and March 19 in an unknown location …

Guilty! College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt members convicted for illegal fox hunting

Guilty! College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt members convicted for illegal fox hunting 14 October 2014 Three members of the College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt were today found guilty of illegally hunting a fox during a hunt meet at West Kyloe Farm, near Lowick, Northumberland on 27th February 2014. Appearing before Berwick Magistrates’ Court, …

Defiant RSPCA prosecute Cattistock Hunt in Dorset, despite review

October 12, 2014 A defiant RSPCA said it was business as usual as it began another prosecution of a West hunt for breaking the hunt ban, just days after being told to review the way it mounts prosecutions. The under-fire charity issued court proceedings against William Bryer, the huntsman with the Cattistock Hunt, the premier …

Three huntsmen to face trial charged with fox hunting in Northumberland

13/10/14 Ian Mckie, Timothy Smalley and Andrew Proe will appear before Berwick Magistrates for a two day trial beginning on Monday Three members of the College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt, including the Joint Master and Huntsman, are to face trial charged with illegally hunting a fox. Joint Master, Timothy Wyndham Basil Smalley, Huntsman, Ian …

Seven people appear in court after police and RSPCA investigation in dog and animal fighting

By Plymouth Herald: October 10, 2014 SEVEN people have appeared in court following a joint investigation by police and the RSPCA into dog and animal fighting. The six men and one woman – Nathan Baker, Jack Curnow, Craig Ford, Benjamin Luscombe, Craige McCormick, Alex Salt and Kerry Wrightson – were summonsed to Plymouth Magistrates Court …

Revealed: Shocking scale and brutality of dog fighting on the streets of Greater Manchester

Oct 09, 2014 20:00 By Amy Glendinning Vet and owners tell of horror injuries suffered by pets stolen for 'bait' - as thug faces jail for allowing bulldogs to fight among themselves in squalid, hellhole flat The shocking scale and brutality behind dog fighting can be revealed by the M.E.N. today. Pets are being snatched …