Three people charged with wildlife offences after video revealed

NB: The charges relate to this event at a meet of the Avon Vale Hunt 8th June 2023 Three people have been charged with wildlife offences after a video was circulated online of a fox allegedly being unearthed and attacked by a pack of hounds. Aaron Fookes, 29, of Spye Park, Lacock, has been charged …

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Sick trio used dogs to hunt terrified wild hares and posed with dead animals

Euan Anderson, Nicky Grant and Jordon Steel, all from South Lanarkshire, were ordered to pay a total of £5,025 with Grant and Steel both banned from owning or keeping dogs for two years. 5th June 2023 Three men who were caught on camera using dogs to chase and kill terrified wild hares have been sentenced. …

Police give hunt saboteur active near Banbury ‘substantial damages’ for false imprisonment and assault

A hunt saboteur active near Banbury has received 'substantial damages' from Thames Valley Police (TVP) after a ‘dawn raid by officers posing as postal workers’. 1st June 2023 A member of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs, who monitor hunts in the belief that the 2004 ban on hunting with dogs is not being followed, began …

Men charged with hunting offences after hounds kill fox on family’s patio in Norfolk

22nd May 2023 Three men have been charged with multiple hunting offences after a pack of hounds killed a fox on a family's patio. Police officers were called to Hingham in Norfolk shortly after 3.30pm on 20 February after the hunt was captured on CCTV cameras. Footage showed the dogs entering the grounds of the …

Three men convicted of poaching after being spotted illegally using dogs to hunt wildlife

The men were spotted with several Saluki and Lurcher-type dogs hunting on private farmland. 20th May 2023 Three men have been convicted of poaching after they were spotted illegally using dogs to hunt. The men were caught hunting wildlife with several Saluki and Lurcher-type dogs in October last year when a police officer noticed two …

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16th May 2023 Message from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Unit A 37-year-old man from Northwich has been summonsed to court following an investigation by Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team. He will appear at South Cheshire Magistrates Court in June to face two counts of hunting a wild mammal with dogs under the Hunting Act 2004. …