Two-year dog ban after hare coursing at Perthshire farm

The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition) 20 Feb 2016 A man has been banned from keeping dogs for two years after he and his father were found guilty of hare coursing. John Stewart, 21, and Mark Reid, 45, set their lurcher dogs on the wild hares and watched as the dogs tore the …

Otis Ferry to pay very substantial damages for attack on two female hunt monitors

POWA Press Release 17th March – Otis Ferry, ‘celebrity’ son of rock star Bryan, pro-hunt activist and Joint Master of the South Shropshire Hunt has, agreed to pay very substantial damages to two female hunt monitors, Mrs. Helen Ghalmi, who is a Protect Our Wild Animals [POWA] Associate, and Mrs. Susan Grima, after a 4 …

Two complete and utter scum bags found guilty of badger digging

Two bloodthirsty relatives of Britain's youngest police killer face jail for badger baiting JOHN MURRAY and son John jnr got their kicks from watching their hunting dogs tear badgers, cats and foxes to bits. TWO twisted relatives of Britain’s youngest police killer are facing jail after being convicted of badger baiting. Bloodthirsty father and son …

Travesty of justice

Press Release 13th March 2014 On Boxing day 2012 at the meet of the South Down & Eridge fox hunt, the driver of the South Coast Hunt Sabs was the subject of a vicious and sustained attacked by supporters of the hunt. The groups Land Rover windscreen was smashed, the door bent back on its …

Dog fighter walks free from court because he’s due to become a FATHER

Kerry Evans convicted over Pit Bull Terrier 'dog fighting' One of the Pit Bull Terrier type dogs seized by the RSPCA Pit Bull Terriers are a banned breed in the UK under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 A Merthyr Tydfil man has been given a suspended jail term after he was convicted of keeping Pit …

Arran man set illegal rabbit traps

21 Feb 2014 AN ARRAN man has admitted illegally setting rabbit traps in a field. Robin Gray, who is 51 and from Whiting Bay, pled guilty by letter to five varying charges all relating to the period between July 9 and August 17 of last year. Kilmarnock Sheriff Court was told that he set Fenn …

Vigilante Lincolnshire farmer caught trio of hare coursers

January 16, 2014 A farmer chased a trio of poachers after they trespassed on his land to go hare coursing. Ceri Mortimer, 49, Richard Stephenson, 28, and Jamie Wilson, 42, were chased off the land at Harpswell in Gainsborough after they were spotted with dogs poaching by the farmer. The farmer called the police and …

Father and sons plead guilty to dog fighting charges

A father and two sons from east Belfast have pleaded guilty to charges linked to animal cruelty and animal fighting. Jeremiah Kirkwood (43) and his sons Christopher (23) and Wayne (20), who are all from Island Street, appeared in the dock of Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday. All three originally faced a total of 15 …

Stirling hare coursing pair fined

Two men who looked on as their dogs tore apart a brown hare were each fined £400 on Friday. Stirling Sheriff Court heard how John Gibson (27) and William McPhee (22) were spotted on farmland in Bridge of Allan with two lurcher type dogs at around lunchtime on February 21. It was later discovered that …

Gamekeeper fined for Shropshire bird of prey trap

  A part-time gamekeeper has been ordered to pay more than £500 by a court – after admitting setting an illegal trap in Shropshire designed to harm birds of prey.   Wayne Edward Priday, of Leintwardine, was caught after investigating officers from charity the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds visited a pheasant release …