When Slad Valley resident Nisa Ward witnessed a deer torn apart by out-of-control hunting hounds her life changed forever. As a child lost in the woods of a grim fairy tale she unearths a shocking world of cruelty, violence and fear. This film follows her journey of discovery as she tries to understand why the …
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I think I would have gone further!!!
Rock star Brian May has launched an attack on Leicestershire County Council leader David Parsons over his support for fox hunting. The world-famous Queen guitarist called Mr Parsons a "pathetic, arrogant, jumped-up, snivelling little dweeb", and a "disgrace" to his office in a strongly-worded piece published on his website. Mr May was responding after Mr …
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, …
Help stop the badger cull
The Welsh Assembly Government has now rejected a legal challenge (click here for more details) to cull thousands badgers in parts of South West Wales. The cull area would cover north Pembrokeshire, and a small part of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire over the next five years as part of their "plan" to eradicate bovine TB. This …
Judge: ‘Badger cull order lawful’
A judge has rejected a legal challenge to the assembly government's decision to cull badgers in part of south west Wales. Animal charity the Badger Trust applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the planned cull, which aims to combat bovine TB infection. The cull area would cover north Pembrokeshire, and a …
Police slam badger baiting after sett disturbed
NORTH Yorkshire Police have appealed for the public’s help in protecting badgers and dogs from illegal baiting. A disturbed badger sett was recently found in the county and police are now investigating whether this was a result of the blood sport. Badger baiting, when a badger is forced to fight a succession of dogs, is …
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David Cameron backs the culling of badgers
Another reason not to vote Conservative ----------------------- Mr Cameron said he was prepared to support “targeted culling” of the animals to prevent them spreading bovine tuberculosis to cows and other farm animals. He said a Conservative government would support a policy in England based on that already put in place by the Welsh Assembly. Wales …
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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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After years of Animal Aid campaigning … Defra ‘bans’ game bird battery cages
After more than six years of campaigning and undercover exposés by Animal Aid of battery cages used for 'game birds', the government has today issued a new industry Code of Practice that effectively outlaws the contraptions. The controversy over the devices, which are used for game bird 'breeding stock', began after Animal Aid's undercover footage …
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