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Shocked by terrible massacre of ducks
Monday, November 15, 2010, 09:00 AS the shooting season is upon us, I feel that I must give my concerns and views on the following: I and my partner have been walking for the past six months or so on a public footpath in the Wolds across farmland near Louth. The very pleasant footpath takes …
League releases grim exposé of shooting cruelty
The League Against Cruel Sports has released graphic footage showing the extent of suffering inflicted on game birds used on commercial shoots. The short film, ‘A Good Shot?’ is being released today to coincide with the start of the grouse shooting season. The Glorious Twelfth traditionally celebrates the first day of shooting but the League …
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There’s Nothing Glorious About the Twelfth
By Kit Davidson, Shooting Consultant to Animal Aid Glori’ous a. possessing glory, illustrious, conferring glory, honourable, splendid, magnificent, intensely delightful, ecstatically happy with drink. There is nothing glorious about the Twelfth of August. The only similarity grouse shooting shares with the dictionary definition of this abused adjective is the connection with drink. The hip flasks …
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Gamekeeper fined for bird deaths
A Herefordshire gamekeeper has admitted 17 charges relating to killing protected species using poisoned bait. Ben Walker was accused of killing two common buzzards, five ravens, and faced nine other charges of setting bait and one of possessing various items. The 26-year-old was working on Sufton Estate in Mordiford last November when West Mercia Police, …
Perthshire gamekeeper shot and killed buzzard
A FORMER gamekeeper shot and killed a buzzard on a Perthshire estate “in desperation to keep his job,” his lawyer told Perth Sheriff Court on Wednesday. Fifty-three-year-old Graham Barclay Kerr, who was also caught in possession of highly toxic pesticides, which are fatal if eaten by birds and other wildlife, was fined £400. The court …
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The Truth About Hoghton Tower
Hoghton Tower, near Blackburn Hoghton Tower may seem like a peaceful family attraction, but it hides a darker secret. Once they close their doors to the public thousands of ducks and pheasants are used as live targets for shooting practice. Animal welfare groups are campaigning peacefully to make the public aware of the death sentence …
Wildlife crime: Britain’s killing fields
They call us a nation of animal lovers, yet attacks on creatures in their natural habitats have more than doubled in a year Crimes against wildlife, including badger baiting with dogs, hare coursing, poisoning of protected birds and even trapping them to sell as caged pets have soared to unprecedented heights. New figures from the …
Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs – Calling all new sabs!
In the next few weeks Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs will begin to disrupt bird shoots, fox hunts, and hare hunts which plan to kill wildlife for the next 8 months. There are many hunters and shooters in the North of England, some just 20 minutes out of Sheffield. We use a variety of tactics (see http://hsa.enviroweb.org/hsa.shtml) …
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There’s Nothing Glorious About the 12th August
By Kit Davidson, Shooting Consultant to Animal Aid Glori’ous a. possessing glory, illustrious, conferring glory, honourable, splendid, magnificent, intensely delightful, ecstatically happy with drink. There is nothing glorious about the Twelfth of August. The only similarity grouse shooting shares with the dictionary definition of this abused adjective is the connection with drink. The hip flasks …
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