30th July 2021 On Friday 23 July, three men appeared at Hull Magistrates Court for offences under Section 1 of the Night Poaching Act 1828 following an incident on Thursday 18 February. Jason Thacker (29) of Forber Avenue, Hull, Louis Whiteley (24) of Marvel Street, Hull and Jordon Rispin (24) of Portobello Street, Hull appeared …
Man charged following death of badger
30 Jul 2021 Yesterday (Thursday 29 July), a man was charged with wilfully killing a badger and causing an animal fight to take place under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 following an incident on Sunday 13 June. The 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody to appear before Hull Magistrates Court today (Friday 30 July). …
‘Brighton cat killer’ Steven Bouquet jailed for stabbing 16 pets
30th July 2021 A security guard has been jailed for more than five years for stabbing 16 cats in a series of night-time attacks. Steven Bouquet killed nine cats around Brighton between October 2018 and June 2019. Seven more were injured. The 54-year-old had denied 16 counts of criminal damage and possession of a knife …
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BREAKING NEWS: Eggesford Hunt terriermen found GUILTY of interfering with an active badger sett
Message from Devon County Hunt Sabs 28th July 2021 In Nov 2019 we caught Eggesford terriermen Seward Folland and Nathan Bowes (now with the Pytchley with Woodland Hunt) blocking a badger sett at Bridge Reeve, after the hounds had hunted a fox to ground. Watch the video here - https://www.facebook.com/devoncountyhuntsaboteurs/videos/511956433199024 Earlier this month the case …
Huntsman of the Western Hunt appears in court
22nd July 2021 A MAN accused of killing a cat after it was attacked by 'dangerously out of control' hunting hounds has pleaded not guilty to the charges before Truro magistrates John Lanyon Sampson, 55, from Trelew Farm, St Buryan, appeared at Truro Magistrates’ Court on July 22 charged with criminal damage and being the …
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Hunt supporter pleads guilty to drunk driving
Police find tree crash driver still drinking Daily Express 2 Jul 2021 A CHAMPION horse rider who ran his car into a tree was found by police at home later that night still drinking, a court heard. Hayden Hankey was holding a wine glass at his farm estate house in Allostock, Cheshire. Tests showed he …
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Hunt club charged with allowing hounds to attack man and kill cat
20th July 2021 A Co Down hunt club and two of its office holders have been charged with offences arising from the hound pack allegedly attacking a person and a cat. Although none of the defendants appeared at Lisburn Magistrates Court today, Iveagh Hunt Club and office holders Gareth Black and Alexander Mills were charged …
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Cat killed by pack of hounds and then thrown over a fence by huntsman
UPDATE 7th July 2021 John Lanyon Sampson, 55 who is the huntsman and Master of the Western hunt has been charged by Devon and Cornwall Police in connection with this incident - Sampson of St Buryan, is due to appear before Truro Magistrates’ Court on 22 July where he will face charges of criminal damage …
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Hunt members deny interfering with active badger setts in Devon
6th July 2021 Two men have denied interfering with badger setts in use. Nathan Bowes and Seward Folland were filmed by hunt saboteurs as they blocked entrances to a badger sett in woodland in Devon, in November 2019. Mr Bowes, of Brixworth, Northampton, told Exeter Magistrates Court he put nets around the sett after he …
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Interfering with badger setts trial in Devon
5th July 2021 Two men have gone on trial accused of interfering with badger setts. Seward Folland, 75, of Puddington, Devon, and Nathan Bowes, 26, of The Bothy Kennels, Brixworth, Northampton, were filmed blocking entrances to flush out a fox, by anti-hunt campaigners, Exeter Magistrates Court heard. The prosecution said there was evidence of the …
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