A COLD blooded yob who bludgeoned a helpless deer to death has been jailed. James Faulds, 19, battered the fallow deer at Belleisle’s Pets Corner in March this year. The 12-year-old female, named Sandra by adoring staff, was found dead by animal carer Carol McColm. She said: “I can only describe her as a sweet …
Jail sentence upheld as dog fighter’s appeal fails
A woman who held dog fights in the garage of her Lincolnshire home has been jailed after her appeal against conviction failed, following a major investigation by the RSPCA's special operations unit. Claire Parker will immediately begin her original 18 week prison sentence after she failed in her appeal against conviction of dog fighting charges. …
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Trio spared jail over cock-fight ‘experiment’
THREE young men were spared jail after admitting organising a cock fight and causing unnecessary cruelty to animals. The men – two from Darlington and one from Bishop Auckland – were seen pitting two cockerels against each other in a County Durham field. Thomas Mounsey, 18, and 19-year-olds Walter David Welch and James Sheldon Welch, …
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Wildlife crime: Britain’s killing fields
They call us a nation of animal lovers, yet attacks on creatures in their natural habitats have more than doubled in a year Crimes against wildlife, including badger baiting with dogs, hare coursing, poisoning of protected birds and even trapping them to sell as caged pets have soared to unprecedented heights. New figures from the …
Woman bred illegal fighting dogs in home
A jobless woman bred illegal fighting dogs in her Wolverhampton home and sold them for up to £300 each, a court heard. The pitbull terrier dogs were found when police swooped on the house in a drugs raid. Katie Hill has now been warned that she could face time behind bars for breeding litters in …
Urban fox hunter to pay £500 fine
A DUMBARTON man has been fined £500 for fox hunting. Martin Johnstone was spotted digging holes and sending a dog down to hunt foxes on wasteland near to Southdeen Avenue, Drumchapel, in June this year. The 32-year-old forklift driver was arrested after police arrived and saw him and a fox running from a hole he …
The hunts are still at it…and so are we
At Lush, we're on the side of the foxes, which is why we are proud to launch our latest campaign against illegal fox hunting. We let out a sigh of relief in 2004 when Parliament finally reacted to the will of the people and passed the Hunting Act, which outlawed the chasing and killing of …
Dog fighting duo facing jail
Two men were told today that they face jail after admitting their part in a dog-fighting ring exposed after an investigation by the RSPCA. Gary Adamson, 38, of Ramsey Crescent, Yarm, North Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to six charges in connection with illegal dog-fighting. Kenneth King, 35, of Main Street, Ragnall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, admitted eight charges …
Suspended prison sentence for badger digging
Two men were yesterday, Wednesday 2 September, given suspended prison sentences and banned from keeping dogs after they were caught in the act of badger digging* by an undercover RSPCA inspector. Gerard Monk and Paul Billington were filmed digging a badger sett in woodland at Sandford, near Whitchurch, in Shropshire, on 11 May 2008. They …
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Wheelton man caught badger digging given suspended sentence
A LANCASHIRE man who was caught badger digging by an undercover RSPCA inspector has avoided jail. Gerard Monk, 27, of Millbrook Close, Wheelton, near Chorley and Paul Billington, 37, of Llydir Lane, Rossett, Clywd, were filmed digging a badger sett in woodland at Sandford, near Whitchurch in Shropshire, in May last year. Both men fled …
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