8th October 2026 Bear now has a safe and happy home (RSPCA) A father and son who used dogs to brutally hunt wildlife have been banned from keeping animals for life after an investigation uncovered videos so upsetting that a judge refused to have them played in court. David Stanbury, 54, and his son …
The Law Catches up with the Lauderdale: Huntswoman Convicted of Illegal Fox Hunting
8th October 2026 Claire Bellamy, 51, veteran huntswoman for the Lauderdale Hunt, became the first fox hunter convicted under Scotland’s new hunting laws, following a case in which footage captured by Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs exposed illegal hunting taking place beyond the boundaries of licensed operation. Claire Bellamy after the incident. Image: Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs On …
Farmers should not have to live with the fear – men carried out hare coursing and poaching in Lancs
7th October 2026 A man has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order after being caught hare coursing in West Lancashire and Chorley. Last year, on Sunday, October 5, Lancashire Police’s South Rural Task Force received reports of two men, with lurcher type dogs, believed to be hare coursing on private land in Ormskirk and …