Still sabbing the bastards
29th September 2023 Message from the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) With the autumn ‘sport’ of cub hunting resuming recently the HSA became aware of a covert in Great Habton, North Yorkshire, known by locals as ‘Bone Wood’ due to the unusually large number of animal corpses scattered around the place. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE A dismembered …
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From Channel 4 News 27th September 2023 The State of Nature report was first published a decade ago. Then, 1 in 10 species were at risk of extinction. Today it's 1 in 6.
From Channel 4 news - 26th September 2023 Hunting stags with packs of dogs has supposedly been illegal for almost 20 years - although there are some exemptions. However - despite the ban - hunts are continuing with impunity. We've been sent footage of stags being chased on National Trust land involving people on quad …
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25th September 2023 Five men have been sentenced for hare coursing offences in Hampshire under newly introduced legislation, following an investigation by the specialist Country Watch team. Sections 63 & 64 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 have seen the introduction of the new offences of trespass with intent to search for …
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21st September 2023 A POWYS man charged with killing a protected bird of prey on his farm has denied the offence and will face a trial later this year. Thomas Edward Jones, 38, is accused of shooting dead a northern goshawk at his northern Powys pheasant farm on July 22 last year. Jones, of Pentre …
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https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/news/bradford-farmer-sentenced-for-neglect-and-cockfighting-offences/19th September 2023 A Bradford farmer has been handed a suspended jail term after the RSPCA found a number of underweight hens and cockerels kept in pens without food and water and suffering from fighting injuries. Douglas Rufus Price 39, of Valley Farm, Low Lane, Bradford, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on Friday 8 …
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19th September 2023 A farmer from Bradford who staged cockfights has been sentenced for a string of animal cruelty offences. Douglas Price, 39, was arrested after the RSPCA found hens and cockerels on his land with fighting injuries, feather loss and without food or water. At Bradford Crown Court, he was found guilty of charges …
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Thanks to Raptor Persecution UK for the post 18th September 2023 A man has been convicted of carrying out a ‘catalogue of animal abuse’ whilst employed as the Head Gamekeeper at Cabrach Estate in Morayshire. David Scott, 34, appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court on 15 September to answer charges relating to the alleged neglect of …
Three cousins were acquitted of taking part in the blood sport which was made illegal in 2004. 18th September 2023 Lancashire Police have been landed with a £20,000 bill after failing to secure a conviction for hare coursing. Three cousins were acquitted of taking part in the blood sport which was made illegal in 2004. …
17th September 2023 Pro-hunting lobbyists are eyeing up spots on the National Trust Council ahead of the Trust’s AGM in November, with voting now open. Criminal Avon Vale Hunt meet at the National Trust village of Lacock in 2021. Credit: Wiltshire Hunt Sabs Hunting lobby group the Countryside Alliance has encouraged its members to back …
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