http://walesagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk Welcome to our site - we are dedicated to campaigning against all forms of animal abuse. Wales Against Animal Cruelty aim to raise awareness in relation to many aspects of animal cruelty - including bloodsports, badger culling, intensive factory farming, live exports and religious slaughter. We also campaign against the use of animals for …
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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Queen star is to front anti-hunt campaign
QUEEN guitarist Brian May has agreed to be the patron of a new anti-hunting group based in North Wales. The group, Wales Against Animal Cruelty, was set up earlier this year by Rhyl activist Judi Hewitt to fight Tory plans to repeal the ban on hunting with dogs. “I'm delighted that such a high-profile celebrity …
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BADGER TRAPPER IS FINED £3,500
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 …
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 …
Ask your MP to help ban production of birds for shooting
David Taylor MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 1684) calling for a ban on the production of birds for ‘sport’ shooting. It is vital that you contact your MP and ask him or her to sign this EDM before Parliament breaks up for its summer recess (21 July - 12 October). Every year, …
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Magistrate offers to cull wild boar
MAGISTRATE Nick Negus has offered to help the Forestry Commission cull wild boar in the Forest of Dean. The keen hunter and parish councillor, who has spent decades travelling to the forests of Germany and Croatia to shoot boar, told the Forestry Commission he knew people who could do the job with the right weapons. …