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-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 [...]