8th October 2026 Bear now has a safe and happy home (RSPCA) A father and son who used dogs to brutally hunt wildlife have been banned from keeping animals for life after an investigation uncovered videos so upsetting that a judge refused to have them played in court. David Stanbury, 54, and his son …
The Law Catches up with the Lauderdale: Huntswoman Convicted of Illegal Fox Hunting
8th October 2026 Claire Bellamy, 51, veteran huntswoman for the Lauderdale Hunt, became the first fox hunter convicted under Scotland’s new hunting laws, following a case in which footage captured by Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs exposed illegal hunting taking place beyond the boundaries of licensed operation. Claire Bellamy after the incident. Image: Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs On …
Farmers should not have to live with the fear – men carried out hare coursing and poaching in Lancs
7th October 2026 A man has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order after being caught hare coursing in West Lancashire and Chorley. Last year, on Sunday, October 5, Lancashire Police’s South Rural Task Force received reports of two men, with lurcher type dogs, believed to be hare coursing on private land in Ormskirk and …
Two hare coursing offenders punished
7th October 2026 Two South Wales men have been sentenced to do unpaid work for their local community after they admitted taking part in illegal hare coursing near Cheltenham. Three other men accused of being part of a group which went equipped for hare coursing with the guilty pair have denied involvement and are to …
**FIRST CONVICTION UNDER NEW SCOTTISH HUNTING ACT**
Message from Glasgow Hunt Sabs 5th October 2026 Earlier today at Paisley Sheriff Court, Claire Bellamy, ex-huntswoman and former Master of the Lauderdale Hunt, was found guilty under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023. She is the first registered fox hunter to be convicted under this legislation, making today a historic moment in the …
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Man handed fine after hunting hares with dogs in Lancashire
5th October 2026 A Man from North Wales is to pay more than £1,000 after hare coursing in Lancashire. Joel Miller pleaded guilty to two counts each of trespassing with intent to pursue hares with dogs, and hunting a wild mammal with dogs, at Burnley Magistrates Court on September 29. Miller, 29, of Bryn Crescent, …
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Kemi Badenoch branded ‘out of touch’ for stance on fox hunting after gruesome video
3rd October 2026 Kemi Badenoch was last night savaged for supporting a hunt that has a member being probed over an alleged fox-killing by hounds. Footage of the apparent incident - deemed too distressing for Mirror to publish - emerged as Ms Badenoch prepares for her keynote speech at the Tory party conference. It shows …
Lessons in Hare Hunting: Inside Britain’s School Beagle Packs
1st October 2026 The private schools schooling children in a masterclass of wildlife criminality. Recently we revealed the full footage of the Stowe School Beagles during what school headteacher, Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, describes as a “huge variety of activities” available to pupils, including “field games…beagling”. Kennedy giving direction to the pupils The school’s Games Coach, …
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Three men arrested on suspicion of hare coursing in Lancashire
28th September 2026 Three men have been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing in Lancashire. On Saturday morning South Rural Taskforce received reports of three males hare coursing in Halsall in Ormskirk. Hare coursing is the illegal blood sport of using sighthounds, like greyhounds or lurchers, to chase, catch, and kill live hares. They attended …
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