Men found guilty of illegal deer hunting near Haxey

North Lincolnshire 20 Jan 2020 On Christmas Eve last year two men were detained by officers as they were found coming off private farm land with lurcher type dogs at East Lound near Haxey in North Lincolnshire. We had received a number of reports of two men using dogs to pursue a group of Roe …

Trophy hunter, 25, who filmed himself stabbing a deer is jailed for seven months for causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs

WARNING: Graphic content   The horrific state of horses and dogs seized from a farm can be shown for the first time. Two men were jailed last week after horses and dogs were starved on land at Forstal Farm, Loose, near Maidstone. Warning: This article contains graphic images of animals suffering. Jimmy Price Medway Magistrates' Court heard Jimmy …

Suspected hare courser jailed after high speed police chase in Isleham

8th January 2020 A suspected hare courser has been jailed for two months after leading police on a dangerous pursuit, reaching speeds of nearly 100mph. Thirty-two-year-old Nelson Hedges, 32, was reported to police by members of the public who were concerned he had been hare coursing in his silver Mazda Tribute near Isleham. The force’s …

Message from Cheshire Against Blood Sports

CHESHIRE AGAINST BLOOD SPORTS 8th January 2020 Jake Oppenheim, Cheshire Foxhounds huntsman ..... GUILTY On the 5th November 2019 Jake Oppenheim the huntsman at the Cheshire Hunt threatened one of our Cabs ...... he told her he was going to ram a bottle down her throat, she caught all of this on film. She has …

Lancashire man sentenced for badger baiting

17th December 2019 A man from Lancashire who police arrested for badger digging and baiting after using DNA from his dog to catch him, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Jack Starkey, 29, appeared at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court on Thursday December 12, where he admitted two offences under the Protection of Badgers Act and …

Judge orders Isle of Wight huntsman’s ‘dangerously out of control’ terrier to be destroyed

17th December 2019 A TERRIER belonging to Isle of Wight Hunt huntsman and kennelman Rupert Inglesant will be destroyed, on the order of a judge. Tigger bit a dog walker on the thigh in Gatcombe then went on to be dangerously out of control on two other occasions. His owner, Inglesant, appeared at the Isle …

Scott Matthew Cochrane found with dead rabbits, Lurcher-type dogs and steel ball bearings

AN OFFENDER who admitted hunting wild animals with dogs has been banned from land across three counties after breaching a court order. Scott Matthew Cochrane had been found with dead rabbits, Lurcher-type dogs and steel ball bearings. He can no longer enter many rural areas in Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. The areas include south of …

Men convicted for illegal fox cruelty at Kimblewick hunt spared jail

TWO men who were convicted of animal cruelty after dragging a trapped fox from a tunnel during a hunt in Oxfordshire have been spared jail. Ian James Kirby Parkinson, 65, of Lower Road, Haddenham, and Mark Anthony Vincent, 53, of Kimblewick, Aylesbury - the President of the Kimblewick Hunt group - were both found guilty …

Former Meynell Hunt members admit illegally hunting wild animal with dogs

18th November 2019 Four other hunt associates have had their case dismissed. Two men have been fined after admitting illegally hunting a wild animal with dogs. Sam Staniland, 32, of Hadleigh, Ipswich; and William Tatler, 46, of The Green, Idridgehay, Belper; were fined £535 each when they appeared at Nottingham Justice Centre. Both men are …

From Derbyshire Rural Crime Team

COURT RESULT At Nottingham Magistrates court today (15th November 2019) in relation to a hunting case. 2 former members of the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt have pleaded Guilty under Section 1 of the Hunting Act (autumn hunting). The offence occurred in October 2018. William TATLER the Hunt Master at the time and Sam STANILAND …