Man charged following death of badger

30 Jul 2021 Yesterday (Thursday 29 July), a man was charged with wilfully killing a badger and causing an animal fight to take place under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 following an incident on Sunday 13 June. The 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody to appear before Hull Magistrates Court today (Friday 30 July). …

‘Brighton cat killer’ Steven Bouquet jailed for stabbing 16 pets

30th July 2021 A security guard has been jailed for more than five years for stabbing 16 cats in a series of night-time attacks. Steven Bouquet killed nine cats around Brighton between October 2018 and June 2019. Seven more were injured. The 54-year-old had denied 16 counts of criminal damage and possession of a knife …

Cat killed by pack of hounds and then thrown over a fence by huntsman

UPDATE 7th July 2021 John Lanyon Sampson, 55 who is the huntsman and Master of the Western hunt has been charged by Devon and Cornwall Police in connection with this incident - Sampson of St Buryan, is due to appear before Truro Magistrates’ Court on 22 July where he will face charges of criminal damage …

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Evil thug forced his dogs to tear animals apart and took selfies with the remains ***WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT*** 'Blood sport' loving Antony Holloway has dodged jail and been banned from keeping dogs for just four years after making his pets fight badgers and foxes to death 24th June 2021 A barbaric animal abuser posed for …

Rathfriland man accused of ‘baiting badgers’ walks free after winning appeal against jail term

Thursday 17 June 2021 A RATHFRILAND man accused of “baiting badgers” has walked free from court after his prison sentence was suspended when his appeal was heard this morning (Thursday). Paul Michael Reavey, 53, of Lisnaree Road, near Shinn, was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a Patterdale Terrier last month. He had been ordered …

Rossendale and Clitheroe Rural Task Force

15th June 2021 Rossendale and Clitheroe Rural Task Force working with the RSPCA have this morning executed two warrants under the animal welfare act. The warrants follow on from community intelligence with regards a male banned from owning animals has acquired new dogs for badger baiting and fighting. Intelligence received states that dogs were coming …

Agriculture official admits to animal neglect charges at Co Sligo farm

14th June 2021 Meet the top agriculture official whose job it was to help protect farm animals - but who instead inflicted "the greatest form of cruelty" on cattle on his own 200 acre farm. Inspectors who visited senior Department of Agriculture official Bernard Brian Kilgariff's farm in Bricklieve, Sligo discovered: Carcasses of animals that …

Hunters allowed to shoot extinction-threatened turtle doves

24th may 2021 From Channel 4 News A red alert for our planet: there are no second chances. The warnings from world leaders in the run-up to the UN’s COP26 climate conference could hardly be starker. Yet even the simplest act of conservation seems impossible to achieve. Turtle doves are on the brink of extinction, …

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Gardaí hunt men who used pregnant cat to ‘blood’ two hunting dogs 20th May 2021 Gardaí are hunting two men after they used a pregnant cat to horrifically 'blood' two hunting dogs. The cat was torn apart by the two dogs - and its kittens literally ripped out of its womb. Animal welfare charity, My …

Appeal after man left with horrific injuries in Bolton on Wednesday night

30th April 2021 Police are appealing for information after a man in his 40s was left with serious injuries after being assaulted by a group of people at Darcy Lever Gravepit Country Park on Wednsday evening. Officers were called at 9pm on 28 April to Croft Side, Bolton, to a report of an assault. Enquiries …