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From the Quorn Hunt 29th September 2020 Two men have been charged in connection with an illegal fox hunt on land in the north west of Leicestershire. John Finnegan (34), of Gaddesby Lane, Kirby Bellars, near Melton, and co-defendant Rhys Matcham (29), of Kennel Drive, Badminton, in South Gloucestershire, are due to appear before Leicester …
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26th September 2020 AN 'OUT of control' hunt has been accused of endangering the lives of motorists after horses and hounds were seen chasing a fox across a busy road. Hunting with dogs rather than a scent trial has been banned since 2004, but Bonnie Cowdrey said she saw riders from what she believed was …
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WARNING: This report contains distressing pictures and videos 25th September 2020 Shocking messages uncovered a large hunting group who participated in barbaric, cruel and illegal blood sports. A string of the text messages on WhatsApp had led to investigating officers finding sickening videos of two dogs setting upon a defenceless badger. The group also contained …
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21st September 2020 Is the Queen about to turn her back on grouse shooting? It's long been under scrutiny over the potential damage it does to wildlife and the environment. Now the government's decision to exempt hunting and shooting from the Covid rule of six has led many to turn their fire on the grouse-shooting …
19th September 2020 The final member of a gang of hunters has been disqualified from keeping animals and handed a suspended sentence for "inflicting pain and suffering on innocent wildlife". Callum Frew, 23, of Flimby Brow, Flimby, appeared at the magistrates’ court in Workington this week after previously admitting three offences, alongside four men who …
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14th September 2020 Boris Johnson is facing a fresh row over his new coronavirus “rule of six” curbs after it emerged that the government has exempted grouse shooting and other “hunting” with guns from the restrictions. Pro-hunting and shooting groups can continue to hold gatherings of between six and 30 people because they are covered …
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11th September 2020 Two men have appeared in court accused of illegally hunting a fox with dogs on Dartmoor. David Lewis, 50, and Gareth Frain, 25, have each been charged with an offence under the Hunting Act 2004. The Act controls the hunting of wild mammals with dogs. Lewis, of Lewdown, Okehampton and Frain, of …
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10th September 2020 The case has been dropped against two men who were charged after allegedly allowing dogs to hunt a fox in East Yorkshire. Christopher Richardson, 72, of Bridlington Road in Brandesburton, and Charles Clark, 39, of Garman Carr Lane in Selby, were set to be prosecuted under the 2004 Hunting Act. The charges …
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Sick thug jailed after forcing dogs to compete in barbaric badger baiting has sentence quashed Two injured lurchers were rescued from Conran Connor’s home but it’s feared another dog used in fights died. 11th September 2020 Animal welfare chiefs are furious after a “barbaric” urban hunter who arranged for dogs to fight badgers had his …
Police launch GBH investigation over claims hunter rode horse at protest group. 9th September 2020 Paramedics airlifted a hunt protester to hospital after he was seriously injured by a horse near Northampton. The Northants Hunt Saboteurs group revealed the man in his 60s suffered fractures around his shoulder and ribs and a partially collapsed lung …