Message from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team PC Marson: On 17th April 2020 we received a report of a dead badger in the Alsager area, that had succumbed to its injuries. Both the RSPCA and the RCT attended and an investigation was launched, as the injuries on the Badger's body didn't look consistent with two …
Falconers to be allowed to take wild peregrine chicks from nests
Falconers to be allowed to take wild peregrine chicks from nests. UK wildlife watchdog under fire as conservationists say decision ‘sends wrong message’. 17 April 2020 Conservationists have condemned the decision to allow falconers to take wild peregrine falcon chicks from nests as “selfish” and “sending the wrong message”. For the first time ever this …
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Revealed: FA had geese killed at national centre ‘to protect its pitches’
Sixty birds shot at England training facility in St George’s Park, Staffordshire, despite pledge to enrich local biodiversity. 18 April 2020 About 60 greylag geese were shot and killed at the national training centre for England football teams from 2018 to 2019 to “preserve safety” because they were defecating on the pitches. The Football Association …
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Fire chiefs and animal lovers furious at plans to release hundreds of sky lanterns every week in aid of NHS
15th April 2020 Firefighters, farmers, the RSPCA and much of the public are in uproar over plans to release hundreds of Chinese lanterns every Sunday to support the NHS during the coronavirus crisis. The risk of sparking infernos is the last thing fire crews need at a time of emergency, critics are warning, and fire chiefs say the idea should be “highly discouraged”. Farmers and animal-welfare …
Made me chuckle
Woman beater/hunt supporter
George Bailey is the terrierman for the Dartmoor Hunt ########## Boyfriend smashed fish tank during violent drunken attack on terrified partner She thought she was going to die. 17th March 2020 A violent boyfriend left his partner covered in bruises after tipping her 50 litre fish tank on top of her during a drunken argument. …
British public demands a halt to HS2 devastation during the corona pandemic
9th April 2020 You can join the surging movement to protect workers, communities and wildlife at this crucial moment Scientists, health experts, local communities and concerned citizens up and down the country are linking up and calling for the government to immediately halt construction work on the HS2 rail line while the country focuses on …
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UK landowners told to stop burning moorland after Yorkshire blaze
26th March 2020 Firefighters call for halt after fire set in readiness for grouse shooting spread out of control. Landowners have been told to stop burning moorland for grouse shooting after firefighters condemned them for using up valuable emergency resources at a time when the the UK is fighting the coronavirus crisis. The Moorland Association, …
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In loving memory of Tom Worby
15 year old Tom Worby was murdered by hunt scum. 3rd of April "April 1993, about 40 hunt saboteurs were present at the closing meet of the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds at Low Farm near Gravesley in Cambridgeshire. With the group of saboteurs was Tom Worby, a 15 year old from Milton Keynes, on his first day …
Police release image of man following badger sett incident at Old Dalby
Police have released an image of a man they believe can help with their investigation into an incident of a badger sett being tampered with at Old Dalby. Wednesday, 1st April 2020 They have described the filling in of the sett. which happened sometime overnight on Monday December 9, as ‘an act of appalling cruelty’. …
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