Game bird hatcheries throw newborn chicks into grinders

16th August 2019 Workers at two game bird hatcheries have been filmed throwing live chicks into a meat grinder. Covert cameras set up in the Heart of England Game Farm hatchery in Warwickshire also show chicks being injured as they fall off a production line used to box up day-old game birds destined for shooting …

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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, …

‘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 …

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 …

Gamekeeper found guilty of animal welfare offences

Daniel Brockley, 30, a gamekeeper of Haddoe Estate, Somerset for Loyton Shooting was found guilty after a two day trial which took place on the 10th and 11th June 2019 at Taunton Magistrates Court. He was found guilty for the same offences taken place on three separate occasions, 19th May 2017, 18th January 2017 & …

Young peregrine found with shotgun injuries in Cheshire

RSPB press release (4 July 2019): Young peregrine falcon illegally shot A young peregrine had to be euthanised after it was found with a broken wing and a shotgun pellet in its chest. The bird was found in the road at Aldford, part of the Grosvenor Estate, south of Chester, (The Grosvenor Estate represents all …

HSA tip off hotline

The Hunt Ssaboteurs Association now have a tip-off hotline that you can contact in strict confidence. If you have some information about a hunt/shoot or anybloodsport or have seen a hunt/shoot please get in touch, someone will respond to you as soon as possible. Call or text - 07443 148426

Three men fined over killing of otter found dumped in bag

24th June 2019 Trio who were working as gamekeepers convicted over animal’s death in Co Waterford The Department of Heritage has welcomed the successful prosecution of three men over the illegal killing of an otter that was found dumped in a bag in Co Waterford in 2017. The three men, who were working as gamekeepers …