Still sabbing the bastards
29th April 2021 Last night one of our sabs disturbed a group of Badger baiters in the Little Lever area of Bolton. He was out checking on a badger sett that he visits often and came across a group of 5 people with 2 dogs in the act of digging out the sett. Despite being …
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Animal Aid have just launched a campaign to ban snares in the UK. This is a real opportunity to make history for UK wildlife. In 2016, a majority of UK MPs actually voted to ban snares outright but this was disregarded by the government. They introduced a voluntary code of practice, but it's really failing …
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25th April 2021 Sabs have launched their summer season in style with a rout of the Dove Valley Mink Hounds. Sabs from Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester and Calder Valley converged on the hunt meet at the Carington Arms, Ashby Folville, Leicestershire and stopped the hunt before it had even started. A tip off from a …
25th April 2021 A leading British huntsman has lost his position as Master of one of the nation’s most prestigious hunts following an investigation into a 70th Birthday celebration hunt during lockdown. Joss Hanbury was found to have “seriously damaged the reputation of hunting” after a birthday gathering of hounds and fellow Quorn Hunt members …
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23rd April 2021 Terence Potter from Huddersfield has been sentenced in court after taking 200 eggs from endangered wild birds. Mr Potter, 63, was given a 12-week sentence, suspended for 12 months, today, (23 April) at Sheffield Magistrates' Court, for offences relating to the taking and possession of wild birds’ eggs. He was charged with …
10th March 2021 Three men from Surrey and East Hampshire convicted of hare coursing following a 17 month police investigation. The incident happened back in 2019 on a farm in West Hanningfield in Essex. A farmer called Essex Police to report that four men with lurcher dogs were walking across his land and were believed …
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22nd April 2021 A TRIO of men have been fined after a hare coursing incident in Bishops Cannings, near Devizes. Stanley Mosley, 23, and James Mosley, 26, both of Woking, Surrey, and Mark Mosley, 27, of Lightwater, Surrey, were found guilty at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on April 6 of this year. Police had been called …
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21st April 2021 For decades the Countryside Alliance, Hunting Office, Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) and various hunts have claimed that hunting hounds are rehomed when they start to slow down. They deny as nonsense that sick hounds are killed and claim to have very regular visits from the vet. Anti-hunt campaigners have long argued …
Animal protection law firm Advocates for Advocates is leading the way once again in the fight against the UK government’s controversial anti-protest bill, gathering together more than 30 animal justice groups including Surge in signing an open letter voicing our collective opposition. Here’s everything you need to know. Since its announcement, the UK Police, Crime, …
Police are appealing for information and dash cam footage after three badgers were shot and left in fields in Chinley. 19th April 2021 Members of the Derbyshire Rural Crime Team said two of the badgers were left in the same field, next to a public footpath. They added that the incident occurred at around 10.30pm …
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