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11:26am 30th April 2018 A man faces a court fine of more than £600 and the loss of his car and his dog after being caught hare coursing in North Yorkshire. John Latcham, 28, was spotted allowing a lurcher dog to run loose and chase a hare on land at Well, near Bedale, on 28 …
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27th April 2018 Environmental campaigners are warning about a rise in badger baiting after discovering new evidence of the sickening activity in the Valley. Activists from the Lancashire Badger Group, a charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of the badger, have warned the public after disturbed badger setts were found in Goodshaw. These were …
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***EXCLUSIVE*** CHESHIRE FOXHOUNDS ESCAPE PROSECUTION AGAIN DESPITE BLATANT CUB HUNTING On October 21st 2017, Cheshire Monitors filmed what they (and Cheshire Police) believed to be clear evidence of illegal hunting in the village of Tiverton in Cheshire; in this instance, cub hunting. The video evidence Cheshire Police submitted to the CPS included two clips from …
Fox hunter Neil Pinkerton gets dog back after being cleared of animal cruelty April 24 2018 A man acquitted of animal cruelty charges will get to keep his terrier dog despite it suffering horrific injuries in a savage night-time hunt. Neil Pinkerton (30) was charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the dog and the fox, …
Master of hunt is acquitted on appeal April 20th, 2018 Kim Richardson, a joint-master of the Crawley & Horsham Hunt was acquitted today in Lewes Crown Court following a conviction of an offence under Section 4a of the Public Order Act 1986. Representing Richardson in court today, Peter Glenser QC commented: “Kim should never have …
10th April 2018 A father and son attacked two members of an animal welfare charity as they filmed the Belvoir Hunt. Ex-police officer, Darryl Cunnington, a monitoring investigator with the League Against Cruel Sports, suffered a broken neck after falling from a 14 foot ledge. His colleague, Roger Swain, was also injured and had his …
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Tuesday, April 10th Three men, including one from Gillingham, who admitted to poaching offences across Dorset have been fined almost £1,500 between them. They'd been catching pheasants, filming the incident, before taking them home in cardboard boxes on the back seat of their car. They were even shooting the animals from out of their car …
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4th April 2018 A prolific hare courser and three others were handed fines totalling £2,695 after they were found guilty of trespassing on Lincolnshire land to hunt with dogs. Three men and a 17-year-old were fined in relation to a hare coursing incident at Gedny Hill on December 13, 2017. Aaron Smith, a 24-year-old prolific …
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6th April 2018 A man has been charged with a number offences against the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, in relation to the taking of and disturbing of protected birds, their nests and eggs. Jason North, aged 49, from Plymouth has been charged with 14 offences including the disturbance of schedule 1 birds at or …
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We've just received the following update. Adams, the huntsman on the day, was found guilty of illegal hunting and fined £1000 with £930 costs and a £100 surcharge. Mease, the falconer, was found not guilty of illegal hunting - on the grounds that his golden eagle qualified for an exemption under the 2004 Hunting Act …
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