Man in Bristol arrested over badger baiting and animal cruelty

Avon and Somerset Police also arrested the 28-year-old on suspicion of sett interference, being in possession of a controlled Class B drug and being in possession of offensive weapons. 28th April 2023 A man has been arrested on suspicion of badger baiting along with drugs and weapon offences as part of a joint investigation being …

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Fermanagh man in court facing charges linked to alleged badger baiting

22nd March 2023 Accused facing a total of 36 charges including cruelty and possessing images or videos of animal fights A man appeared in court on Wednesday facing charges linked to alleged badger baiting. Jason Lee Kennedy 34 and from Ross Road, Enniskillen, faces a total of 36 charges. The court heard the charges are …

Man fined for animal cruelty after reports of badger baiting

18th February 2023 Reports of badger baiting over the county border led police to a scarred terrier. Police officers went to a property in North Heath, Chieveley - just south of Oxfordshire - on March 26 last year to investigate a report of badger-baiting, a banned sport that sees the striped animal attacked by dogs. …

Hunt run by friend of King Charles investigated by police

17th February 2023 A hunt run by a friend of the King is being investigated by police after two of its members were allegedly filmed filling in badger setts to stop foxes escaping their hounds underground. Lord Daresbury, a director of the Countryside Alliance, is master of the Wynnstay Hunt which rides in the Welsh …

WYNNSTAY HUNTSMAN CAUGHT RED-HANDED BLOCKING BADGER SETT

17th February 2023 Fed up with the constant interference and blocking up of badger setts by the Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (Wynnstay) Hunt (Based near Malpas), activists decided something had to be done and a plan was hatched to catch the suspects in the act. On 3rd February, they did just that. The Wynnstay’s huntsman …

Burnley man filmed two dogs fighting a badger

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Badger digger guilty

15th February 2023 Following a joint investigation into illegal badger baiting by the Ribble Valley Rural Task Force and the RSPCA, in conjunction with their Special Operations Unit, Carl Harwood aged 27 of Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley has been convicted at Blackburn Magistrates Court on the 8th February 2023 of offences under the Protection of Badgers …

Armagh trio accused of killing and causing unnecessary cruelty to badger

30th January 2023 Three Armagh men have appeared in court on charges of animal cruelty in which it is alleged they killed a badger. Gerard Francis Gorman (26) and Tony Gorman (32) both of Callan Street, as well as John Shields (47) from Cludee Drive, are jointly accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a badger …

Richmond Police arrest Sunderland man in badger baiting case

27th January 2023 POLICE have arrested a man and seized his dogs in an investigation into badger baiting and animal welfare. North Yorkshire Police say that on Wednesday night (January 25) they responded to reports of poaching in a rural location north of Richmond. Officers from Richmondshire Neighbourhood Policing Team attended and, after making enquiries …

Carlisle man bludgeoned badger with shovel then tossed it to dogs

17th December 2022 A CARLISLE man who used a shovel to "bludgeon" a badger before tossing the terrified animal to his dog has been jailed. The horrific badger baiting incident near to Aglionby was conducted primarily by 28-year-old Dale Rickerby, but he was assisted by his older brother Michael James Rickerby, 32, who was given …