Five arrested in South Herefordshire Hunt investigation have been re-bailed 24/03/2017 FIVE people who were arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty at the South Herefordshire Hunt's kennels in Wormelow have been re-bailed. The police are investigating an alleged offence in May last year. The first two people, a 37-year-old man and 27-year-old woman, both from …
Seven men admitted going to East Yorkshire to hare course
Seven men have admitted coming to East Yorkshire to hare course on farmland. March 16, 2017 They were among eleven defendants in the dock at Beverley Magistrates Court, including a child, four of which have denied the charges. The men came to "play" the blood sport, which saw hares being chased across rural land in …
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Three members of Grove and Rufford Hunt fined for fox hunting
14th March 2017 Three members of a Nottinghamshire hunt have been fined after being found guilty of hunting a fox with dogs. The members of the Grove and Rufford Hunt said they were trail-hunting around Laneham, near Retford, which remains legal after fox hunting was banned in 2005, and the fox's death on January 30, …
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Two charged after reports of hare coursing
9th March 2017 Two men have been charged under the Hunting Act after they were arrested in Midville, near New Leake yesterday (Wednesday). John Devine, 30, of Chaddesden, Derby, and Wayne Hitchcock, 33, also from Derby, were arrested on suspicion of hare coursing after police were called to the area at around 7am. The men’s …
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Pet killed by hunt on private Bedfordshire land
9th March 2017 A woman has been left ‘devastated’ and ‘frightened’ after a hunt trespassed on her land and killed her pet rabbit. Mabel Blades owns Pennworley Wood in Melchbourne where she has planted 4,000 trees. She claims she has had problems in the past with various hunt groups trespassing on her land but says …
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Notts hunt members in court on fox hunting charges
7th March 2017 Three members of the Grove and Rufford hunt have been charged with hunting a fox after pictures were taken by two keen birdwatchers. Huntsman Paul Larby, 57, of The Kennels, Kennel Drive, Barnby Moor, trail-layer Peter White, 57, of Leyfields Farm, Redhill Lane, Kneesall, and the hunt’s whipper-in Jane Wright, 63, of …
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Hunt kills off 25 of its own hounds after bovine TB outbreak
7th March 2017 A fox hunt which counts the Tory Animal Welfare Minister among its members has killed up to 25 hounds following a suspected bovine TB outbreak. The Kimblewick Hunt, to which Lord Gardiner of Kimble belongs, culled the dogs and implemented biosecurity measures to prevent the disease spreading. Hunt officials said “it is …
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Poem – Devils of Horseback
This was very kindly written and sent in by one of our supporters ############################################# Devils of Horseback Up in the morning getting dressed for the thrill Ride out on horseback ready for kill. They don’t care for the fox that it runs for its life They have a different outlook on a beautiful life. They …
Furore over fox hunting after dog shot at Dunstable golf club
1st March 2017 The shooting of a dog near a Dunstable golf club has escalated into a row over fox hunting – with allegations of threats and abuse. On February 4, a dog veered from the footpath through Dunstable Downs Golf Club and was accidentally shot by a licensed firearms user hunting foxes. When news …
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