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A gamekeeper suspected of running up one of the biggest kill lists of endangered animals in Scottish history has escaped a jail sentence. Alan Wilson, 61, was convicted of illegally killing dozens of animals on Longformacus Estate near Duns in the Scottish Borders . But investigators believe animals including goshawks, badgers, buzzards and an otter represented only the tip …
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Alan Wilson sentenced for wildlife offences in Scottish Borders 19th August 2019 Police Scotland welcomes the sentencing today, Monday 19th August, of Alan Wilson who committed an array of offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that included the illegal killing of protected species. The gamekeeper, who worked on the Longformacus Estate close to …
Hunt Saboteurs Association News release 13th August 2019 Over one hundred hunt saboteurs marked the start of the grouse shooting season, the so called Glorious 12th, by descending on grouse moors in the Peak District and Lancashire and shutting down shoots, saving hundreds of lives. They started the day at Snailsden Moor in the Northern …
17th August 2019 A DOG owner has become the fifth and final member of a gang to receive a custodial sentence for badger baiting in Ryedale. Shaun Brown was the driver of the Teesside group that started digging up a sett near Hovingham, west of Malton, and put a terrier down it, York Magistrates' Court …
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16th August 2019 Patrick Carter and his twisted cronies would corner badgers in their setts and hunt down other animals before letting their trained dogs slaughter the animals. A cruel “urban hunter” has admitted using a pack of pet dogs to track and slaughter badgers, foxes and deer. Patrick Carter acted with sick cronies to …
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16th August 2019 Workers at two game bird hatcheries have been filmed throwing live chicks into a meat grinder. Covert cameras set up in the Heart of England Game Farm hatchery in Warwickshire also show chicks being injured as they fall off a production line used to box up day-old game birds destined for shooting …
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15th August 2019 George Monbiot People who challenge shooting, hunting and the destruction of wildlife are too often treated like vermin. I’ve often thought, watching the felling of ancient trees, the slaughter of wildlife and the stripping of topsoil: “I love this land more than the owner does.” While there are plenty of careful landowners, …
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Game birds subject to 'cruel' conditions, undercover footage shows As England’s pheasant egg imports double in three years, campaigners condemn lack of laws regulating rearing and breeding for shooting industry Wed 14 Aug 2019 A farm in central Poland where pheasants have their septums pierced to attach plastic masks over their beaks so they cannot …
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The attack that left him sick and in need of blood tests Julie Hadlow from Ashford Valley hunt is caught spraying 64-year-old in the face Victim, known only as Bob, asks what's in the bottle, she tells him that it is 'p***' Hadlow guilty of common assault and given a 12-month conditional discharge 15 August …
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Investigators receive almost £50,000 compensation after being attacked at Belvoir Hunt meet 14 August 2019 Two League Against Cruel Sports investigators who were brutally attacked while filming the Belvoir Hunt have received almost £50,000 in compensation for the injuries they sustained. One of the investigators, former policeman Darryl Cunnington, had his neck broken in three …
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