Two men have been fined after admitting illegally hunting a wild animal with dogs. Sam Staniland, 32, of Hadleigh, Ipswich; and William Tatler, 46, of The Green, Idridgehay, Belper; were fined £535 each when they...
News
Four men convicted of badger baiting following an undercover investigation by BBC Wales have been jailed. Christian Latcham, 32, from Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Thomas Young, 26, from Newbridge, Caerphilly, Cyle Jones, 31 and Jamie...
A man who bought cats on Gumtree to use as live bait for fighting dogs has been jailed for 10 months. Scottish SPCA inspectors who searched Mark Cuthbert's home in South Ayrshire found photos and...
Two Gainsborough men have been banned from keeping dogs for five years after they pleaded guilty to offences relating to badger baiting in a Nottinghamshire village. Murphy Thorne and Dale Shields admitted interfering with a...
Police are looking for two men suspected of badger baiting after discovering a dog with "horrendous injuries". The Patterdale terrier was discovered in Chinley, Derbyshire, on Sunday after being put into a badger sett to...
ONE man has been jailed and three others given suspended prison sentences after they were caught badger baiting in North Yorkshire. All four have also been banned from the keeping dogs for five years and...
Stephen Lomax has represented hunts, terriermen and gamekeepers in court as an expert witness in badger cases. He is founder member of the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management, previously known as Vets for Hunting. He's...
The alleged offence is said to have been committed on Saturday, 2 October 2018 in local woodland near Sutton on the Hill in Derbyshire.
William Pinkney, who is also a knackerman, pleaded guilty to 16 offences at Llanelli Magistrates Court.
Police are looking into another allegation of illegal hunting after a member of the public said he saw Surrey Union Hunt operating near Ockley.
Christopher Amatt, 58, of Gaines Hall, Attleton Green, was found guilty of hunting a fox in breach of the Hunting Act 2004 and common assault of a saboteur.
Paul Piddington, has been jailed for more than 11 years for a string of sex offences committed against four women over a 12 year period.
Andrew Booth, 44, Kirk McGarry, 50, John Horner, 19, George Horner, 26, and Richard Willey, 46, were caught digging at a sett in East Yorkshire in 2017.
The foxhound was killed by a train when up to 15 of the dogs strayed onto railway tracks.
The League Against Cruel Sports, which has dismissed a number of senior figures in recent months, is suffering a split between the hard line activists and the new leadership of the charity, which includes retired...
The fox had been trapped in an artificial earth, a series of clay pipes buried in the ground, in a copse between two fields.
The animal was chased and killed near Sturminster Newton, Dorset, by hounds from the Portman Hunt.
Andrew Booth, Kirk McGarry, John Horner, George Horner and Richard Willey were each convicted of wilfully attempting to take a badger, interfering with a badger sett.
A hunting dog was hit and killed by ‘two cars’ after pursuing a fox right beside a busy motorway.
Joseph Whittam, 28, of Langdale Road, Carnforth, was seen on the videos found on his mobile phone urging his dogs on to attack the animals, plus footage of them attacking a gerbil.