THE Scottish SPCA yesterday welcomed the decision to hand a record £3,500 to a farm manager and gamekeeper who snared and shot dead four badgers. Anthony Rogers, 59, of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, claimed he had shot the animals humanely after they were accidentally trapped and injured in a wood on his farm. But at Dumfries Sheriff …
Vote Cruelty Free
What is Vote Cruelty Free? Vote Cruelty Free is a new non-partisan, coalition of non-governmental organisations working together to ensure the political process reflects public concern for animal protection. Its members are the BUAV, Compassion in World Farming, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), League Against Cruel Sports and Respect for Animals. Vote Cruelty Free …
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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Badger cruelty case continues
A CASE at Dumfries Sheriff Court in which a 58-year-old man has been accused of snaring and beating to death six badgers, has been continued for a week to allow further discussions between his solicitors and the procurator fiscal. Anthony Rogers, of Breconside Farm, Moffat, has pleaded not guilty to a total of nine charges …
Calls to scrap shooting plans
CALLS to scrap plans to bring wildfowl shooting back to the Teifi estuary are being made by many organisations and individuals. A consultation meeting with the British Association of Shooting and Conservation, which wants the right to shoot ducks and geese between Patch and Old Castle Farm, ended with an overwhelming vote to abandon the …
Peregrine falcons found dead
More than 50 peregrine falcons have been poisoned, trapped, shot or had their chicks stolen this year, according to reports, in one of the worst years on record for persecution of the protected bird. More than 50 peregrine falcons have been found poisoned, trapped or shot this year - RSPB The Royal Society for the …
Royal gamekeeper fined for snaring badger at Balmoral
A gamekeeper on the royal family's Highland estates at Balmoral has been fined after a badger was killed by one of his snares, breaching wildlife crime legislation. Robbie Elliot, 45, admitted he had failed to check a snare at least once a day at Birkhall, Prince Charles's Scottish holiday home at Balmoral which he inherited …
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Police raid Scottish grouse moor after poisoned red kite is found dead
Three injured hunting dogs seized in raid of six properties, including gamekeepers' homes, on an estate near Edinburgh A sporting estate near Edinburgh has been raided by police after a poisoned red kite and several alleged baits were found earlier this month. Estate vehicles and six properties, including gamekeepers' homes, were searched on Raeshaw estate, …
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Gamekeeper at Balmoral on trial over badger traps
Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent One of the Queen's gamekeepers at Balmoral is being prosecuted for wildlife offences after two badgers were killed by snares laid on the estate. Robbie Elliot is to appear at Stonehaven sheriff court next month. He has been accused under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 of failing to properly check …
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H&M boss and shooting estates
From The Sunday Times The Swedish owner of H&M is developing a taste for English country life and it's costing £25m Lucy Denyer and Helen Davies THE Swedish billionaire owner of H&M, the high street fashion giant, is poised to buy an entire English village and up to 2,000 acres of surrounding countryside for £25m. …