Man convicted of wildlife offences after dead birds and hares were dumped outside village shop

24th April 2026 A man has been convicted of wildlife offences after the bodies of more than 50 dead animals were dumped outside of a Hampshire village shop. On 15 March 2024, police received multiple reports that a large pile of dead hares had been strewn across the floor outside Broughton Community Shop. The carcasses …

Scottish gamekeeper Russell Mason receives derisory sentence for brutal killing of Goshawk

Message from Raptor Persecution UK 24th April 2026 Scottish gamekeeper and former convicted sex offender Russell Douglas Mason, 49, attended a sentencing hearing at Perth Sheriff Court this morning, after pleading guilty last month to the brutal killing of a Goshawk that he battered to death inside a Crow cage trap on a shooting estate …