28th October 2025 HOWL – the magazine of the Hunt Saboteurs Association – will be hitting the doormats of our thousands of members in the next couple of weeks. As usual, it is packed with news from the front line in the fight against all blood sports. This forty-page edition features articles on a huge …
Prominent falconer Andrew Knowles-Brown fined almost £14,000 for ‘shocking’ animal cruelty
Message from Raptor Persecution UK 15th October 2025 Prominent falconer and eagle breeder, Andrew Knowles-Brown, 70, has been sentenced after investigators from the Scottish SSPCA found approximately 90 eagles and other birds were living in ‘unimaginable squalor’ at his breeding facility (the Scottish Eagle Centre) in Elvanfoot, Scotland. Last October after a trial at Lanark …
Brandon Hodge bird neglect evidence revealed by SSPCA
9th October 2025 HORRIFIC details have emerged of the injuries suffered by birds in the care of a Kilmacolm man guilty of a shocking series of animal welfare offences. The Scottish SPCA said the suffering endured by the birds at Brandon Hodge’s home was ‘one of the worst cases they’ve seen’. As previously reported by the …
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Two Doncaster men charged over videos allegedly showing dogs being used to abuse wild animals
18th September 2025 Two Doncaster men, aged 19 and 21, have been charged following an investigation into wild animals being abused using dogs. Keaton Hardy, 21, of Oldfield Crescent is charged with possessing live/dead wild bird or parts, attempting to kill a badger, and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Kye Hardy, 19, of Oldfield …
Man who covered pheasant carcasses in rat poison over feud with landowner sentenced
5th June 2025 A man who coated pheasant carcasses in rat poison to bait and injure other legally protected wildlife has been ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work. Clive Burgoyne, 38, of Forfar, carried out the crime as part of an ongoing feud with a local landowner over shooting rights. He hoped …
87-year-old man pleads not guilty to 11 charges relating to alleged raptor persecution in Lincolnshire – case now goes to trial
Message from Raptor Persecution UK Brian Chorlton, aged 87, of Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham appeared at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court yesterday (8 May 2025) to answer 11 charges relating to the unapproved or unlawful storage of the chemical Aldicarb, possession of a poisoners kit, and possession and use of four pole traps. These charges are a result of …
Man denies trying to kill hen harrier on moors
2nd May 2025 A man has denied trying to kill a legally protected bird in what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in English law. Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, of Sleet Moor Farm, Edge Lane in Grassington, North Yorkshire, allegedly committed the offence at Grassington Moor on 2 October last year. The …
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Summons to court for bird of prey offences
18th April 2025 Brian Chorlton, aged 87, of Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham has been summoned to court following reports that birds of prey were being poisoned in the Castle Bytham area. He faces eleven charges relating to the unapproved or unlawful storage of the chemical Aldicarb, possession of a poisoners kit, possession and use of …
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Gamekeeper from a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor charged in relation to alleged shooting of hen harrier (as featured on Channel 4 News in October)
14th April 2025 Message from Raptor Persecution UK In October last year, Channel 4 News featured incredible footage secretly filmed by the RSPB’s investigations team of three gamekeepers plotting to kill, and then allegedly killing, a hen harrier on an unnamed grouse moor in the north of England (see here). If you missed the piece on …
The Secret Monitor: The war on wildlife on a North Yorkshire shooting estate
9th April 2025 Message from Protect The Wild "I began monitoring the local pheasant shoot around a decade ago...the endless, year-round killing of native wildlife drove me to do this." Damaging stories from inside hunting and shooting have been circulating for years. Both industries present a public face that aims to convince politicians and the …
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