From the Hunt Investigation Team - https://www.facebook.com/huntinvestigationteam Fox cubs case update. The 5 accused appeared in court today. After further legal arguments it was decided to delay yet again any trial to May 28th 2019. That is 3 years to the day that the cubs met their cruel deaths at the kennels of the South …
Vermin Patrol For Howl 64
Badgers Nicholas Grooby (22) of Paradise Lane, Old Dolby, Leicestershire (an unpaid terrierman for South Nottingham Foxhounds), Gary Pearson (34) of Souldern Way, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, David William Edwards (48) of Roughcoat Lane, Cavershall, Stoke-on-Trent and Mark John Hulme (33) of Ash Grove, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent were all found guilty by Nottingham Magistrates on 15/1/97 of attempting to take a badger, digging for …
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Three follow up stories from Howl 62 1) Kevin Gustard (24) of Metcalfe Crescent, Murton, County Durham admitted three offences of interfering with a badger sett on Croxdale estate on 10/9/95. On 6/7/96 Durham Magistrates heard that Gustard was spotted by a local gamekeeper who then phoned for the police. The gamekeeper then made three return trips …
Vermin Patrol For Howl 62
An update from Howl 61, Darren Swanson (25), David Swanson (28) both of Pine Road, East Howle, Ferryhill, Tyne and Wear and Graham Howard (25) of Coniston Road, Ferryhill, Tyne and Wear. They all pleaded guilty to digging for a badger and two charges of causing unnecessary suffering to dogs. On 26/4/96 Durham Magistrates heard who the three were spotted by …
Vermin Patrol For Howl 61
Martin Bradley (29) of 88 Charford Road, Charford, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and Darren Hattersley (27) of 95 Hurlfield Road, Gleadlass, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, were both given 6 months and made to pay costs of £500 to the RSPCA by Redditch Magistrates on 9 February 1996. They were also both banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. They admitted cruelty …
Vermin Patrol For Howl 60
Two countryside wardens from Stockport, Cheshire, have been jailed for eight months, after they indiscriminately poisoned fish with cyanide. Tony Senior aged 46 of Weybourne Drive, Bredbury and John Fitzpatrick aged 30 of Compstall Road, Marple Bridge, both admitted conspiring to poisoning the rivers Alde and Elwyn in Wales. Defending barrister Mr John Philpotts said "These offences arose out …
Vermin Patrol 2012 – Part 2
Badgers Three men appeared before Selby magistrates on 16/4/12 charged with digging for badgers. Before the court were Lee Whinfrey, 28, Nathan Whinfrey, 25, and Richard Whinfrey, 43, all of Carcroft in Doncaster. All were charged with interfering with badger setts, hunting a wild mammal with dogs and digging for badgers. Richard Whinfrey is also charged with causing …
Vermin Patrol 2012 – Part 1
Badgers Andrew Mullen, 37, of Uddingston South Lanarkshire, who organised illegal badger-baiting dog fights has been banned from keeping animals for life. Mullen, who admitted keeping five counts of dogs for the purposes of animal fighting. He was arrested following an inquiry by the Scottish SPCA's Special Investigation Unit. They tipped off police about his …
Vermin Patrol 2011
Badgers A man who filmed his dog trying to kill a badger was branded “sick and callous” by a police wildlife officer on 11/11/09. Shane Burt, 20, of Dean’s Avenue, Connah’s Quay, was found guilty at Wrexham magistrates of wilfully attempting to kill a badger. The court heard the horrible attack happened in Connah’s Quay. Magistrates …
Vermin Patrol 2010 – Part 2
Badgers An man who tried to stop badgers from taking bird food is his garden was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering. The badger was trapped, shot at, and finally drowned. On 21/5/10 at Mold magistrates, Norman Fletcher, 75, of Glan Yr Afon, near Holywell, Flintshire, pleaded guilty to trapping a badger. He received a three-year conditional …