Man sentenced over ‘abhorrent’ animal abuse after attacking fox with garden fork

1st August 2022 Outside of the court, Correspondent Rupert Evelyn asked Paul O'Shea if he was remorseful for his acts WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Described as an “abhorrent” case of animal abuse, secret filming revealed Paul O’Shea capturing a fox with his terrier and using a garden fork to eventually remove it from the dog's …

Millden Estate gamekeeper jailed for badger baiting crimes

1st August 2022 BREAKING NEWS…. Scottish gamekeeper Rhys Owen Davies has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his depraved animal cruelty crimes committed whilst he was working on the Millden Estate in the Angus Glens. He also received a £1800 fine for firearms offences and has been banned from keeping dogs for 15 …

Evil Gamekeeper jailed after using dogs to fight badgers and foxes

Rhys Davies was sentenced after vets examined terriers kept at his tied cottage on Millden estate in Scotland. 1st August 2022 A former gamekeeper at one of Scotland’s best-known grouse moors has been jailed for eight months and banned for owning dogs for 15 years, after using dogs to fight badgers and foxes. Rhys Davies, …

Hunt supporter sentenced after stabbing fox with garden fork in Pattiswick

1st August 2022 A MAN who stabbed a fox with a garden fork in Pattiswick will have to complete 200 hours of unpaid service after he admitted animal cruelty. Paul O’Shea, 49, of Mount Bures, had previously admitted hunting a wild mammal with dogs and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. He was sentenced …

Message from North Wales Hunt Sabs

As the season is approaching as well as the badger cull we are raising funds towards fuel costs to purchase new cameras, car cams body cams, other vital equipment and a drone if you think you could help click on the link every penny counts much love NWHS. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-the-sabbing-season https://www.facebook.com/Nwalessabs/

Message from Cheshire Against Blood Sports (CABS)

CABS and the Wildlife Need You! We are now actively recruiting for the upcoming hunt season. Cheshire Against Blood Sports is a strong, friendly, independent and supportive group and we would love to hear from you. There is a role for everyone whether it’s running in the field, filming, map reading, navigating, photographing, drone flying …

Trail hunting suspension on national park authority land will not be lifted

26th July 2022 THE suspension of trail hunting on land owned by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) will not be lifted following the successful appeal of a prominent huntsman, it has been announced. It was amid the police probe that led to the conviction of Mark Hankinson last year that the authority introduced …

All eyes are on the UK’s big landowners to protect foxes from being torn to shreds

25th July 2022 Back in October 2021, one of the UK’s most renowned fox hunters was found guilty of encouraging others to hunt animals illegally. Mark Hankinson, former director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association, was prosecuted after internal hunting webinars were leaked to the public. Hankinson was caught on film saying that trail hunting was used as a …

They just keep coming

Ex-Belvoir Huntsman John Holliday charged with illegal hunting following an incident in January this year when the hunt killed a fox in front of sabs. ######################################## A man has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with a dog following an incident in Harby, Melton Mowbray. John Holliday, 54, of Delamere Road, Bromyard, Herefordshire, has …

Essex man admits animal cruelty following Coggeshall fox hunting incident

28th June 2022 A man has confessed to committing animal cruelty, following fox hunting an incident in the Coggeshall area. The animal abuse, which is thought to have happened on December 4, was reported to Essex Police. Paul O’Shea, 49, of Mount Bures, admitted hunting a wild mammal with dogs – an offence under the …