Another grouse shoot stopped
On Saddleworth Moor on 12th August 2017
Grouse shoot stopped
On Saddleworth Moor on 12th August 2017
Shooting at birds, Beefy? That’s simply not cricket
It would be a little unfair to cast Ian Botham as a kind of pro-hunting Marie Antoinette figure, perusing the nation’s poor, declaring: “Let them eat pheasant.” Or, more precisely, pheasant casseroles and partridge curries made from 10,000 birds shot on Botham’s estate, some of which would be donated to the poor. This was the [...]
The fox hunting season has begun
Many thanks to Hounds Off (www.houndsoff.co.uk) for the following article A new season of fox hunting begins as soon as the harvest is in sufficiently to afford access to the land. In many parts of the country this means that during August, and certainly from September, hunts are out in force with horses, hounds and [...]
A man who threatened to ‘put a bullet’ in an anti-hunting campaigner has been jailed
27 JUL 2017 A man has been jailed after threatening to put a “bullet” in an anti-hunt campaigner. Ivor Derek Wilkinson appeared at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court having previously pleaded guilty to three counts of sending offensive messages on Facebook to Judith Hewitt. Following the case Ms Hewitt welcomed the sentence, explaining how she hoped it [...]
Sign post spotted at recent ‘country sports’ show
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Two men fined £1,000 for hare coursing
Sunday 16 July 2017 Two men have been fined a total of £1,000 after they were caught trespassing and hare coursing on farmland in Wiltshire. Tommy Sherred, 21, of Gipsy Lane, Frome, and Joby Ayres, 29, of Berkley Lane, Frome, pleaded guilty to breaching section 30 of the Game Act 1831 at North West Wiltshire [...]
Man, 31, arrested after RSPCA badger baiting raids in Wirral and Liverpool
11th July 2017 A MAN was arrested after RSPCA and police raids on homes in Wirral and Liverpool. Three properties were searched in the early morning swoop on houses in Birkenhead, Raby and Dovecot. One dog was removed from a property and taken into the care of the RSPCA. The animal charity said it was [...]
“Barbaric”: Wild animals trapped and shot in UK national park to protect birds for shooting season
HIT 2017 Investigation - Press Release: Daily cruel wildlife persecution uncovered in the Peak District National Park Badgers, foxes and mountain hares suffering in archaic snares within the iconic Peak District National Park were the devastating scenes faced by investigators from the Hunt Investigation Team, according to a new report launched in the Mirror and [...]