Criminal Behaviour Orders issued to two men after wild animals targeted in East Yorkshire

3rd August 2022 Three men have been convicted of hunting a wild mammal with a dog and trespassing in search of game at Arnold in the East Riding of Yorkshire last year. Michael Berry, 51, of Avon Court, Saltburn-by-the-sea, Callum Raw, 31, of Fenton Court, Boosbeck and Jamie Dewing, 33, of Wharton Place, Boosbeck all …

Four men fined huge sums for poaching offences in Blandford

20th April 2022 FOUR men have been fined huge sums for poaching offences in Blandford following an investigation by Rural Crime officers. The total amount they were collectively fined was over £3,000. On Friday July 30, 2021 Dorset Police received a report of suspected poaching in the Cashmoor area. It was reported that four men …

Criminal Behaviour Orders issued after wild animals targeted

29 Jul 2022 Three men have been convicted of hunting a wild mammal with a dog and trespassing in search of game in Arnold in the East Riding of Yorkshire last year. Michael Berry (51) of Avon Court, Saltburn-by-the-sea, Callum Raw (31) of Fenton Court, Boosbeck and Jamie Dewing (33) of Wharton Place, Boosbeck all …

Club loses coursing license after report from conservation ranger

MON, 25 JULY 2022   A damning report on activities at a hare coursing club in Galway details hares being left in boxes alongside dead hares and left in “shock” before being euthanised. The report also revealed poor practices by vets in attendance, one of whom left the animals in boxes to watch his own …

Two blood sports — one pursued by macho types who risk their lives, the other by cowardly types who take no risk at all

A letter from John Fitzgerald: 22nd July 2022 The tragic deaths of three men in Spanish bull running have re-focused attention on a practice that is hazardous to humans and immensely cruel to animals. Every year people are gored, fatally or otherwise while subjecting bulls to run through populated to run built-up areas, a deeply …

Surrey man charged with hare coursing in North Herts

20th July 2022 A 21-year-old man from Surrey has been charged with a hare coursing offence in North Herts. Edward Connors, of Banstead, was arrested following a report of hare coursing in the Wallington area, near Baldock, at around 8.45pm on Friday, July 15. Officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary investigated and traced a 4x4 vehicle to …

It’s now illegal for these two men to be with a dog anywhere in England

The pair are known poachers/ hare coursers Warren Kelly, aged 36, of Sycamore Drive, Chester, and 58-year-old Andrew Dutton of Clover Place, Chester. 5th July 2022 These two men have been banned from being anywhere in England and Wales with a dog. The pair, Warren Kelly and Andrew Dutton, were given criminal behavior orders after …

Six men plead guilty to illegal hare coursing in Bedford

29th June 2022 Six men have received Criminal Behaviour Orders after pleading guilty to attending and participating in a hare coursing event in Bedford. The upsetting scenes generated public outcry on social media as dead hares were paraded through the town centre. The incident took place on November 10, when over 100 men attended an …

Maidstone man first person in the East of England to be fined for hare coursing scheme

30th May 2022 A Maidstone man has become the first person to be fined as part of a hare coursing operation across the East of England. Sydney Samuels, of Oxford Gardens, was handed a £400 fine at Medway Magistrates' Court for breaching a Community Projection Notice (CPN). The 33-year-old appeared on Thursday, May 19, after …

Maidstone hunter who bragged on WhatsApp about killing deer avoids jail

21st May 2022 A hunter who bragged about his dog killing a fallow deer on WhatsApp has narrowly avoided jail and been banned from owning dogs. Mark Bond, 39, was given a suspended sentenced after being found guilty of killing a fallow deer and causing unnecessary suffering to his dog Vegas, who he used for …