Still sabbing the bastards
A GAMEKEEPER from Pickering has been charged by police for the illegal use of cage traps to capture a buzzard. The man, who has not yet been named, was arrested by North Yorkshire Police in October after a live buzzard had been found trapped inside a cage trap feeding on a pigeon. A second smaller …
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A GAMEKEEPER from North Yorkshire has been arrested over the alleged illegal use of cage traps. North Yorkshire Police said a live buzzard was found caught in the trap, which was inside a pheasant pen, in the Pickering area. It was released unharmed, with a second trap containing a live pigeon being found nearby. A …
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A buzzard became trapped in a licensed cage and was unable to escape A gamekeeper left a buzzard to starve to death after it was caught in a trap used legally for trapping crows. Jonathan Graham, 30, of Foss, was supposed to have dismantled the trap on the Glenlyon Estate, near Pitlochry, Perth Sheriff Court …
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Wildlife minister Richard Benyon under fire in another game-shooting case Grouse estate burnt peatland that formed habitat of rare species – but legal case was dropped Wednesday, 30 May 2012 Richard Benyon, the Wildlife minister, was under pressure last night to explain what influence he had on a decision to drop landmark legal proceedings against …
DEFRA backs down on buzzard ‘management’ trial!! News just in, from Defra’s twitter account: “We’ve listened to public concerns, so we are stopping current research and developing new proposals on #buzzards” Fantastic news (well, at least until we find out what these ‘new proposals’ entail). A big, fat, massive WELL DONE to everyone who blogged, …
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Conservationists have condemned plans that would allow buzzard nests to be destroyed and the birds of prey taken into captivity to protect pheasant shoots. The Environment Department (Defra) is to spend up to £375,000 researching ways to keep buzzards from targeting captive-reared pheasants. Proposed methods include destroying nests to prevent birds breeding, catching and relocating …
Scottish gamekeeper guilty of wildlife crime after trapping owl A Kirriemuir gamekeeper has admitted illegal trapping an owl in a cage trap. Robert Christie, 58, of Lindertis Estate, Airlie, pled guilty to the offence, which occurred in 2010, and was admonished at Forfar Sheriff Court. The tawny owl suffered an injury to its beak and …
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Poaching and hare coursing gangs often linked with major drugs operations are behind most crimes against wildlife. In Cumbria last year, 363 wildlife crimes were reported to the police and of those 211 involved poaching, hare coursing and lamping – hunting animals at night with high-powered lights. In one incident at Sandysyke near Longtown, three …
A farmer has been ordered to pay a total of £3,215 for illegally trapping wild birds on his land. Ivan Crane (53), of East Langton, was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates' Court after being found guilty last month of three offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act relating to trapping birds without an appropriate licence. Police …
Lieutenant General Sir Barney White-Spunner, has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation with effect from 9th February. I've heard he is a binman and lives in a council flat, (not that there is anything wrong with that)