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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 …
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Scottish parliament votes to give mountain hares special protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act Thu 18 Jun 2020 Gamekeepers and grouse moor managers will be banned from mass culling mountain hares after Scottish ministers bowed to intense pressure from conservationists. The Scottish parliament voted on Wednesday night to give mountain hares special protection under …
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17th June 2020 A man has been arrested after two swans were shot dead Leeds. The pair - a male and a female - were shot on marshland next to Knowsthorpe water treatment works in Pontefract Lane, on 8 June. (see - https://nwhsa.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/cctv-appeal-after-swans-shot-in-leeds/ A 20-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of criminal damage …
14th June 2020 A FAMILY of swans is believed to have been massacred in an illegal hunt in Wrexham. North Wales Police's Rural Crime Team is appealing for information after 'lampers' - the term for hunting with bright lights - were reported on farm land in the Rossett area on Thursday night. The team said …
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Message from Cheshire Monitors When it comes to hunting, as a local resident, your involvement in the movement to stamp it out is vital. Join our ever-growing teams of local people doing what they can to protect local wildlife from persecution and illegal hunting. Message our page or email info@cheshiremonitors.org.uk and get involved! #BanHuntingForReal #TheLastCry #LocalsAgainstTheHunt [Also …
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Thursday, June 11, 2020 Police are appealing for information after two swans were shot and killed in Leeds. The swans, a male and a female, were shot on marshland adjacent to Knowsthorpe water treatment works, in Pontefract Lane, between about 9pm and 9.30pm on Monday (8/6). A man was seen shooting a rifle in the …
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Hunt Investigation Team Badger rescue from gamekeeper’s snare 15th May 2020 Hit received intel that the Moscar gamekeepers had put snares on an active badger run. The snares were in the Fearnley Hill Plantation at the top end of the Rivelin Valley conservation area and yards from the Wyming Brook Nature Reserve , a SSSI …
From Raptor Persecution UK The Irish Raptor Study Group and BirdWatch Ireland have reported the illegal poisoning of 23 buzzards in a single incident in Co Cork. The following statement has been published by BirdWatch Ireland: Mass poisoning of buzzards in County Cork We have recently learned of the illegal poisoning of 23 Buzzards in …
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Message from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team PC Marson: On 17th April 2020 we received a report of a dead badger in the Alsager area, that had succumbed to its injuries. Both the RSPCA and the RCT attended and an investigation was launched, as the injuries on the Badger's body didn't look consistent with two …
