Animal welfare officers have seized seven birds they suspected were being kept for cock fighting. The Scottish SPCA with the help of Lothian and Borders Police recovered the birds during raids on on a number of Edinburgh addresses on Tuesday. The birds are now in the Scottish SPCA's care and will be examined for evidence …
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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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Inside the world of dog-fighting
It was the sound of dogs barking and whimpering that first attracted PC Paul Foster to the back of an old kitchen showroom in inner city Birmingham. As he got closer he heard voices and men cheering. What police found in Alum Rock a mainly Pakistani inner-city suburb, was an unexpected and disturbing crime scene. …
RSPCA: Bird club official admits illegally keeping rare species
One of the most high profile members of Britain's aviculture community has been given a 16-week suspended prison sentence, a curfew between 9pm and 6am and ordered to pay £750 in costs after he admitted illegally keeping one of the UK’s rarest wild birds at his Yorkshire home. Sean Fitzpatrick – a former chairman and …
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Dog fighting ‘key player’ jailed
A man described key player in a major dog-fighting scene has been sentenced to four months in jail and banned from keeping dogs for life. Barkat Hussain, 44, from Unett Street, Smethwick, West Midlands, trained pit-bull terriers for fighting and kept related medical supplies. He admitted keeping and training pit-bulls dogs in breach of a …
‘Killer’ badger diggers targeted
The RSPCA has said it will continue to gather evidence and prosecute men who dig out badgers and kill them. It follows the convictions last week of two men for badger digging and other offences. They will be sentenced next month by magistrates at Shrewsbury. An RSPCA inspector secretly filmed the men, from Lancashire and …
Two men found guilty of badger digging
Two men have been found guilty of badger digging* after they were caught in the act by an undercover RSPCA inspector. Gerard Monk and Paul Billington were filmed digging a badger sett in woodland at Sandford near Whitchurch on 11 May last year. They fled the scene after realising they had been watched. Both men …