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The season for red grouse-shooting is about to begin. But its driven form, where beaters flush birds towards the guns, is having a terrible impact on the environment and on other birdlife, to the cost of every nature-lover and taxpayer. Mark Avery, former conservation director of the RSPB, explains why this most unsporting sport should …
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July 22, 2015 An angry landowner ran over some harrier hounds in a lane and reversed at speed at some of the hunt’s horse riders, a court has been told. Jonathon Wright-Watson also attacked a foot follower grabbing him by his neck and pulling him down an embankment, a jury was told. But he claimed …
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22/7/2015 Various measures against the spread of TB in cattle are starting to show results, according to the chief veterinary officer for Wales. But Prof Christianne Glossop said it was too early to determine the impact of the badger vaccination programmes in Pembrokeshire. Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd, Powys, she said incidents …
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Wednesday 22 July 2015 Police in North Yorkshire have warned that the trapping of wild finches is a “a widespread problem in the UK” after catching a man using cage traps to capture protected birds. Alan Smith, 59, of Clifton Caravan Site, Water Lane, York, has been fined after admitting eight wildlife offences at Scarborough …
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Following an appeal by the US animal breeding company B&K Universal, the Planning Inspectorate, headed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt. Hon Greg Clark MP, has overridden the local council refusal for planning permission and has allowed the expansion of a beagle and ferret laboratory breeding facility in Grimston, East …
See previous email for more info ########################## Confiscate Alan Hills dogs under the Animal Welfare Act https://www.change.org/p/hereford-district-judge-confiscate-alan-hills-dogs-under-the-animal-welfare-act?recruiter=343239211&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&sharecordion_display=highlight_active_card Today the media celebrates the success of the Hunting act, as 3 Herefordshire men are prosecuted for illegally hunting. However this is not the full story, and unfortunately justice has still not been served. In the early evening …
Three 'hunt terriermen' fined after police find them with live fox in a bag in Herefordshire By TristanCork | Posted: July 15, 2015 Three men allegedly connected to a West hunt have been convicted of illegal hunting after being caught driving through the countryside in the middle of the night with scarred terriers and a …
‘The current Hunting Act works’ says RSPCA after three hunters prosecuted for illegal activity Posted on 13/07/2015 by Laura Quinn Last Friday saw the successful prosecution of three men who were found to be illegally hunting in Herefordshire. Alan Hill (D.O.B. 06.12.60), James Smith (D.O.B. 02. 04.93) and Jack Hudd (D.O.B. 18.05.94) were stopped by …
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Fox-hunting: SNP forces Cameron to delay planned Commons vote SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has told David Cameron he is "not master of all he surveys" after her party forced a delay in a planned fox-hunting vote. Ministers shelved Wednesday's vote on relaxing hunting laws in England and Wales after the SNP said it would vote …
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