Still sabbing the bastards
31st August 2018 Julie Elmore, Nathan Parry, and Paul Reece were charged earlier this year after a police inquiry into alleged cruelty at a hunting kennel in south Herefordshire. The charges relate to foxes which are alleged to have been killed between May 13 and May 28 2016 at Wormelow, Herefordshire. Elmore, aged 55, and …
Continue reading "Gwent residents accused over alleged fox cub deaths appear in court"
30th August 2018 AN employee at one of the most exclusive and expensive shoots in the country - the Chargot Estate in Luxborough, West Somerset - has been cautioned for offences under the Animal Welfare Act and Game Act. The case was brought following an undercover investigation Animal Aid, which has campaigned against the bird-shooting …
28th August 2018 A gamekeeper was convicted at Lancaster Magistrates Court this morning for the killing of two short-eared owls on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Timothy David Cowin, 44, pleaded guilty to shooting the owls on the Whernside Estate in Cumbria (inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park boundary) and to …
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-george-taken-first-royal-13142109 What a fine upstanding family they are North West Hunt Saboteurs Association 07960 038230 http://www.nwhsa.org.uk You can also donate via the link above Direct Action Against All Forms of bloodsports
23rd August 2018 A dog is recovering after it was apparently used in badger baiting. Snickers, a Patterdale terrier bitch, was found with injuries to her face, neck and torso when she was dumped in Smallfield, Surrey, earlier this month Her rescuers said that her injuries are as a result of the illegal practice of …
Continue reading "Dog left to die after being used for badger baiting in a sett"
All of the cull organisers in some way or another try to hide their identities, using a variety of methods, some of which are unlawful or go against HMRC guidelines. If you have any information on any of the organisers please do email stopthebadgercull Here we reveal one of the methods the vast majority use …
Richard Down, 54, of West Bagborough, near Taunton, and Martin Watts, 55, of Washford, appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court this morning (August 21) accused of hunting a red deer, with dogs, on January 20 on the Quantock Hills, Bridgwater, with no class exemptions under the Hunting Act 2004. The defendants, who are members of Quantock …
Continue reading "Richard Down and Martin Watts at Taunton Magistrates’ accused of illegal hunting"
18th August 2018 TWO Hampshire men who subjected two innocent animals to “horrific” ordeals have received suspended prison sentences. Scott Bicknell and George Cole both caused unnecessary suffering to animals at a property in Upham, near Bishop’s Waltham. In one instance, Bicknell, 42, encouraged two dogs to maul a rabbit. In the other, Cole, 76, …
14th August 2018 Scotland’s fox hunting legislation is set to face another major legal challenge with the prosecution of two leading huntsmen. Timothy Allen, who is 40, and 28-year-old Shaun Anderson of the Buccleuch Hunt in the Borders, have been charged with deliberately hunting a fox with a pack of dogs. The offence is alleged …
An ecologist who claims extended badger culls risk making the bovine TB epidemic worse has lost a High Court challenge against them. Badger culls were introduced in 2011 in a bid to reduce the spread of the disease, which results in the destruction of infected cattle herds. Government guidance issued last year expanded the existing …
Continue reading "Ecologist loses High Court challenge against extended badger culls"