Third red kite vanishes in grouse shooting area

6th August 2020 ANOTHER protected bird of prey has vanished in suspicious circumstances prompting further concerns they are being killed illegally. Two red kites and one hen harrier, one of England’s rarest breeding birds, have vanished suddenly and unexpectedly in the same area of the North Pennines AONB since last October. The birds, all of …

Badger killers caught after man investigated for different crime

4th August 2020 THE RSPCA has revealed how cruel badger killers were only snared after one of them was arrested for a different crime. Releasing shocking images of the men for the first time, the animal welfare charity has condemned the barbaric cruelty as four men were handed suspended sentences for welfare against badgers and …

3 men fined €1,000 and have gun certs revoked for illegal gull shooting

31st July 2020 Three men were fined €1,000 each and had their firearm certificates revoked after appearing in court charged with the unlawful shooting of herring gulls in Co. Wexford last year. The three individuals Andrew Walsh, Croistoir Reville and Adam Moore all from Co. Wexford – were before Wexford District Court where they were …

Secret urban badger baiting groups operating in woods of Scots towns

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Networks of primitive hunters are getting their vile kicks by watching their dogs maul badgers in woods on the edge of towns in Fife, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. 27th July 2020 The growing menace of urban badger baiters is being tackled by a team of amateur detectives. Networks of primitive hunters are operating in woodlands on …

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Three gamekeepers suspended over killing of goshawk on Queen’s land

Three men have been questioned by police over the death of a protected bird of prey on a shoot in the North York Moors that is owned by the Queen. By Grace Newton Tuesday, 21st July 2020 The head gamekeeper and two underkeepers on the Goathland estate were interviewed under caution by North Yorkshire Police …

Sickening discovery of dead fox on Wirral Circular Trail

20th July 2020 A DEAD fox with facial injuries and on a lead was found dumped on a popular Wirral footpath. It was discovered on the Wirral Circular Trail on July 6 by a shocked member of the public who contacted the RSPCA. The animal welfare charity has now launched an investigation to find those …

Global Pandemic – yet still people want to go out killing wildlife

Message from Norwich Hunt Saboteurs Eastern Counties Mink hounds, Waples Mill, River Roding, 18th July 2020 Someone in this area really doesn't like people who kill otters and mink, so for the second year in a row we were tipped off that Eastern Counties Mink hounds would be hunting here. We joined up with SES - …

Boris Johnson said he ‘loved’ fox hunting in a ‘semi-sexual’ way and encouraged illegal hunts to ignore ban

Article written while prime minister was a Tory MP describes ban on killings as 'brutal and pointless' 18th July 2020 Boris Johnson urged fox hunters to break the law and keep killing animals despite the practice being banned, in an article written while he was a Conservative MP. In the 2005 piece Mr Johnson said …

Two hunt supporters to appear in court

From Humberside Police - 15th July 2020 Following an investigation into the death of a fox during a hunt near Driffield on 31 December 2019, in which it was reported that dogs had been allowed to hunt foxes, two men have now been charged under the 2004 hunting act. Christopher Richardson, 72 of Bridlington Road, …