No jail for member of hunting gang Callum Frew

19th September 2020 The final member of a gang of hunters has been disqualified from keeping animals and handed a suspended sentence for "inflicting pain and suffering on innocent wildlife". Callum Frew, 23, of Flimby Brow, Flimby, appeared at the magistrates’ court in Workington this week after previously admitting three offences, alongside four men who …

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Sick thug jailed after forcing dogs to compete in barbaric badger baiting has sentence quashed Two injured lurchers were rescued from Conran Connor’s home but it’s feared another dog used in fights died. 11th September 2020 Animal welfare chiefs are furious after a “barbaric” urban hunter who arranged for dogs to fight badgers had his …

Sick Scot trained his four dogs to violently maul wild animals and posed in trophy snaps

27th August 2020 Martin Davidson's dogs were found injured and bleeding in his home and cages outside. A man who trained four dogs to violently bait wild animals has pleaded guilty in court after being investigated by an animal welfare organisation. Martin Davidson kept videos of his dogs viciously attacking foxes and sickeningly posed for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Police appeal after ‘horrific’ killing of goshawk

15th July 2020 NORTH Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about an incident in which a goshawk appeared to be killed after becoming caught in a cage trap. Video footage, which was passed on to North Yorkshire Police, shows the bird becoming caught in the trap in the early hours of May 2. Shortly afterwards, …

Low Harker man, 37, on cock-fighting charges

19th June 2020 A NORTH Cumbrian man has been charged over allegations that he has kept and trained cockerels for the purpose of illegal animal fights. Robert Morrison, 37, of Low Harker, north of Carlisle, is facing a total of seven charges in a prosecution brought by the RSPCA. One charge alleges that on October …