20th June 2025 A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined £500 following a report made to police on 22nd December, 2019. Mr Joseph Rooney from Kilkeel, was also found guilty at Dungannon Crown Court of ‘Failing to Take Reasonable Steps to Ensure …
Man banned from keeping animals after giving ‘rescued’ birds marijuana and painting their claws with nail polish
9th June 2025 A Scarborough man who took a bubble bath with an injured bird, gave it marijuana and painted another bird’s nails with glitter nail polish has been banned from keeping wild animals. Lee Jefferson, 30, failed to seek veterinary treatment for a wood pigeon and a jackdaw that he had collected and kept …