Sicko urban hunter filmed his pack of dogs tearing apart badgers, foxes and deer

16th August 2019 Patrick Carter and his twisted cronies would corner badgers in their setts and hunt down other animals before letting their trained dogs slaughter the animals. A cruel “urban hunter” has admitted using a pack of pet dogs to track and slaughter badgers, foxes and deer. Patrick Carter acted with sick cronies to …

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Britain’s countryside is dominated by bullies – as Chris Packham has found

15th August 2019 George Monbiot People who challenge shooting, hunting and the destruction of wildlife are too often treated like vermin. I’ve often thought, watching the felling of ancient trees, the slaughter of wildlife and the stripping of topsoil: “I love this land more than the owner does.” While there are plenty of careful landowners, …

Game birds subject to ‘cruel’ conditions, undercover footage shows

Game birds subject to 'cruel' conditions, undercover footage shows As England’s pheasant egg imports double in three years, campaigners condemn lack of laws regulating rearing and breeding for shooting industry Wed 14 Aug 2019  A farm in central Poland where pheasants have their septums pierced to attach plastic masks over their beaks so they cannot …

Two men cleared of baiting badgers in Wrexham village

11th August 2019 TWO men cleared of baiting badgers on land in Holt said all they were doing was planning a rabbiting expedition, a court heard. Lee Barker and Braden Sutton faced charges that they attempted to kill a badger and interfere with badger setts on land off Frog Lane/Chester Lane in the village. They …

‘Ruthless cull’: Hundreds of thousands of animals being killed on private estates to protect grouse shooting, Chris Packham says

31st July 2019 Foxes, stoats, weasels and mountain hares ‘ruthlessly’ targeted alongside illegal killings of protected species, says TV presenter. Hundreds of thousands of animals including foxes, weasels and stoats are being legally killed in the UK to protect grouse moors, naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham has claimed. Packham was speaking to The Independent …

Four Hartlepool men sentenced for interfering with a badger sett

Four Hartlepool men sentenced for interfering with a badger sett and causing unnecessary suffering to a dog 30 July 2019 Four men have been sentenced for offences under the Badger Act 1992 and Animal Welfare Act 2006 after they were found interfering with a known badger sett in the village of Hovingham, North Yorkshire. Clint …

Jail for man whose dogs killed pet ferret

BEWARE HORRIBLE ARTICLE 24th July 2019 A magistrate said he had never seen a “more heartbreaking video” in his life, after the court was shown a ferret ripped apart by two dogs. David Garnett was jailed after he pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, which in this case was a ferret …

Gamekeeper admits wildlife crime spree at Borders estate

24 July 2019 A wildlife expert has told Jedburgh Sheriff Court how he found more protected species lying dead in a Borders wood than he had seen in any small area in his 40-year career. Alan Wilson pleaded guilty to shooting dead badgers, an otter, goshawks and buzzards as well as using 23 illegal snares …

Gamekeeper killed protected birds, badger and otter

Further to the news yesterday that Scottish gamekeeper Alan Wilson, 60, had pleaded guilty to nine of the 12 charges of wildlife crime against him (see here), here is some further detail. https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/convicted-scottish-gamekeeper-alan-wilson-his-litany-of-wildlife-crimes/

Release of non-native game birds in UK to be challenged in court

18th July 2019 Wild Justice plans legal action over environmental impact of shooting industry’s release of 50m non-native birds each year. The legality of releasing 50 million non-native pheasants and partridges into the British countryside each year is to be challenged in the courts by a new crowdfunded campaign. The government should be forced to …