10th March 2026 A Stourbridge man who has admitted 18 animal cruelty charges including those against badgers has been sent to crown court for sentence. Appearing at Dudley Magistrates Court on Monday, Daniel Thomas Lea, aged 35, has admitted five offences of wilfully injuring a badger between September 10 2024 and January 28 2025 and …
Keith Mann: In Memorium
31st December 2025 Animal rights supporters everywhere have been shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Keith Mann. Keith was raised in Rochdale, and his first direct action was rescuing a neighbour’s rabbit, who was being maltreated in a tiny hutch. GRAPHIC IMAGE Keith exposes the horror of fox hunting. Before long Keith …
Man convicted in wildlife crime case
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 …
WILDLIFE CRIME ARREST
Message from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team Yesterday afternoon we arrested an adult female under suspicion of: Badger Baiting contrary to sections one and three of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 & Causing Unnecessary Suffering to a Protected Animal (In this case Dogs) contrary to section four of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The …
Pair admit killing badger and interfering with badger setts
2nd April 2025 TWO defendants have admitted interfering with badger setts and killing a badger. Gwynli Edwards and Sion Davis pleaded guilty to a series of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act. Davis, 37, of Talgarreg, was accused of wilfully killing a badger on land near Esgairdawe on January 6, as well as using …
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Former Scottish gamekeeper receives pathetic sentence for digging Badger sett
Message from Raptor Persecution UK 18th March 2025 A former gamekeeper has been sentenced after being found guilty of two wildlife crime offences relating to the digging and blocking of a badger sett in Fife. Dylan Boyle, 52, from Avonbridge, Falkirk, had been filmed on 10 January 2023 by a field officer from the League …
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Man fined for causing damage to an active badger sett on farm near Cupar
13th March 2025 A man who damaged and obstructed access to a badger sett has been fined £400. Dylan Boyle, 52, was seen placing nets on a slope and digging with a spade near active badger setts at a farm near Cupar in January last year. It was subsequently discovered that a number of sett …
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Wildlife crime in Manchester
Message from Manchester Hunt Sabs 10th March 2025 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻/𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽! We are aware of multiple reports of foxes and badgers being targeted within Manchester and actively investigating this, but we need your help to do this. If you see anything suspicious …
Men jailed for badger baiting offences near Richmond
25th February 2025 Two men have been jailed after forcing their dogs to fight with a badger in an act described by a judge as “sick, depraved and unforgivable”. Stephen Rose, 39, and Kenneth Wade, 29, drove to farmland near Richmond, with three terriers looking for badger setts, York Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Lily Wildman …
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Leeds Man Convicted In Badger Crime Investigation
8th November 2024 A man from Leeds has been convicted of a string of animal welfare offences following an investigation into wildlife crime against badgers. Local neighbourhood policing team officers and RSPCA colleagues executed a warrant under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 at an address in Seacroft on March 23 this year. An image …
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