Welsh badger cull scrapped in favour of vaccination

Farmers and unions have described the decision not to cull as a betrayal The Welsh government has dropped plans to cull badgers as part of an attempt to wipe out bovine TB in cattle. Environment Minister John Griffiths said he had instead opted to vaccinate the animals after carefully considering the scientific evidence. A review [...]

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 [...]

Fox clubbed to death on a garden patio

‘Clubbed to death on a garden patio’: Family claim they watched ‘barbaric’ huntsman kill fox in neighbour’s garden By Andrew Levy 12th December 2011 Relaxing at home with his wife and friends, Mick Heath’s peaceful afternoon was shattered when a pack of hounds burst into his neighbour’s garden. It soon became clear that the dogs [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Sick thugs caught on film setting their four dogs on cat and then kicking its body through the air

POLICE are investigating after ECHO readers came forward to name the yobs caught on CCTV carrying out a horrifying attack on a defenceless cat. Outraged by the graphic pictures of the tabby being mauled by dogs, four people have already contacted Tooch’s owner Alf White to share what they know about the senseless act of [...]

Vermin Patrol 2010 – Part 2

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National Trust drops opposition to culling of TB badgers on its land

The National Trust will not oppose the killing of badgers on its Westcountry properties, if a cull of diseased animals is allowed by the Government. The trust has updated its stance on a cull, having previously stated that its preferences for dealing with the spread of bovine tuberculosis would be cattle-to-cattle controls and vaccination. But [...]

Sadistic bastard jailed

A MAN who killed a fox “in a sadistic and prolonged act of cruelty” has been sent to prison for five months and banned from keeping dogs for life. William Burrell, 50, of Short Street, Stapenhill, was jailed after being found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a wild animal by confining it to a [...]