Three people charged with wildlife offences after video revealed

NB: The charges relate to this event at a meet of the Avon Vale Hunt 8th June 2023 Three people have been charged with wildlife offences after a video was circulated online of a fox allegedly being unearthed and attacked by a pack of hounds. Aaron Fookes, 29, of Spye Park, Lacock, has been charged …

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Police give hunt saboteur active near Banbury ‘substantial damages’ for false imprisonment and assault

A hunt saboteur active near Banbury has received 'substantial damages' from Thames Valley Police (TVP) after a ‘dawn raid by officers posing as postal workers’. 1st June 2023 A member of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs, who monitor hunts in the belief that the 2004 ban on hunting with dogs is not being followed, began …

Men charged with hunting offences after hounds kill fox on family’s patio in Norfolk

22nd May 2023 Three men have been charged with multiple hunting offences after a pack of hounds killed a fox on a family's patio. Police officers were called to Hingham in Norfolk shortly after 3.30pm on 20 February after the hunt was captured on CCTV cameras. Footage showed the dogs entering the grounds of the …

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16th May 2023 Message from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Unit A 37-year-old man from Northwich has been summonsed to court following an investigation by Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team. He will appear at South Cheshire Magistrates Court in June to face two counts of hunting a wild mammal with dogs under the Hunting Act 2004. …

Longhope driver who was four times over the limit is banned for four years

8th April 2023 A 27 year old Longhope man who drove while almost four times over the alcohol limit has been sentenced to a 16-week suspended jail term. George Brinkworth of Ross Road, was also banned from driving for four years by Cheltenham magistrates. He pleaded guilty to driving a Nissan NV200 on Llanthony Road, …

The hunt: the little-known war being waged over horse and hound foxhunting in Australia

5th May 2023 It’s a scene that conjures images of the controversial British activity. UK hunters are travelling 16,000km to do it outside Melbourne. On Saturday morning, two very different groups began a now weekly ritual. Until September, one group – enveloped in scarlet or black riding coats and accompanied by yapping hounds – will …