Woman caught on illegal fox hunt banned from owning dogs for ten years

9th November 2026 Hunt master Claire Bellamy (former huntswoman of the Lauderdale Hunt)  is the first person to be sentenced for carrying out an illegal fox hunt in Scotland. A woman has become the first person to be sentenced for carrying out an illegal fox hunt in Scotland. Hunt master Claire Bellamy led a pack …

Man sentenced for animal cruelty after decapitation

8th November 2026 A member of the travelling community has been sentenced for 'cruel' and 'sadistic' animal cruelty after decapitating an animal. Gareth Curtis Senior, of Park Road in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, was prosecuted by the RSPCA at Swindon Crown Court on Thursday, November 6, under two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and …