Rural gangs linked to drug operations

Poaching and hare coursing gangs often linked with major drugs operations are behind most crimes against wildlife. In Cumbria last year, 363 wildlife crimes were reported to the police and of those 211 involved poaching, hare coursing and lamping – hunting animals at night with high-powered lights. In one incident at Sandysyke near Longtown, three [...]

Dog fight pair from Chesham jailed

TWO Chesham men have been jailed and given a lifetime ban from keeping animals after admitting a series of offences related to illegal dog fighting. Javed Jahangir and Sajid Mahmood were both caged for 20 weeks at Reading Magistrates’ Court for offences the RSPCA described as “one of the most premeditated and barbaric forms of [...]

Leader of illegal blood-sports ring gets life ban on keeping animals

THE leader of an illegal badger baiting ring has been banned from owning dogs for life after being convicted under new animal cruelty laws. Andrew Mullen was found to have a haul of photographs showing images of dogs fighting badgers, foxes and deer when his home was raided by police and animal welfare officers following [...]

Dog-fighting father and son given prison sentences

A father and son from Oxfordshire have received prison sentences for owning and training dogs for illegal fighting. Ian Draper, 47, of Sylvester Close, Burford and Danny Draper, 25, of Witney had admitted several charges of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. The pair were caught in a covert inquiry by the RSPCA in 2010 [...]

Cotswolds villagers ‘organised illegal dogfights

Members of a dog-fighting ring today admitted starving bull terriers to make them more bloodthirsty. Two women and two men are accused of chaining dogs to treadmills – often in complete darkness – and forcing them to run for hours to lose weight. The dogs were kept in squalid conditions and were so starved of [...]

‘Barbaric’ brothers jailed for dog fighting ring

David and Colin Reid, from Aberdeenshire, were ‘heavily involved’ in the illegal sport. Two “barbaric” brothers have been jailed for their part in a dog fighting ring after an undercover investigation by an animal welfare charity. David and Colin Reid admitted taking part in an animal fight and keeping a dog for fighting purposes when [...]

Please sign this petition

Face Book – Please clean it UP!! No animal abuse allowed on your network http://www.change.org/petitions/face-book-please-clean-it-up-no-animal-abuse-allowed-on-your-network There are many groups supporting animal abuse on face book. These groups, mostly dog fighting, have graphic videos, pictures, and are selling and trading pit bulls, and other dogs to fight, some until death. Fighting dogs is illegal in the [...]

Total SCUM BAG released early, words fail me

Judge blasts legal guidelines after yobs who filmed animals fighting win jail cut A BARBARIC duo who made animals fight to the death were branded “sick” by campaigners after they had their jail sentences cut because of a legal technicality. Wayne Lumsden and Connor Patterson were jailed after organising fights between cats, dogs, foxes, hens [...]

Badger baiting thug appeals against term

BADGER baiting sicko Wayne Lumsden is plotting an early release from prison. The yob, jailed for animal cruelty, is fighting against his sentence. Lumsden, 23, of Lynemouth, Northumberland, is to challenge a 26-week jail term given to him by magistrates for offences relating to badgers, foxes, dogs, cats and cocks. Lumsden, of Park Road, has [...]

Northumberland pair forced animals to fight to the death

TWO men from Northumberland have been jailed after forcing animals to fight to the death and posting footage on the internet. Wayne Lumsden and Connor Patterson, both 23, were sent to prison for 26 and 20 weeks respectively by magistrates at Bedlington for offences relating to badgers, foxes, dogs, cats and cocks. The pair were [...]