FOX HOUNDS ATTACK LAMB

13th March 2019 Meynell & South Staffs Hunt - Saturday 9th March 2019 But it’s all okay because this is acceptable due to them being ‘working dogs‘ Really?! Yes really?! A trail was laid through a field of pregnant sheep some with newborns?! Really?! Not likely! Nottingham, Lincoln and Manchester Sabs were there. They witnessed …

‘Tug of war’ over dead fox at Great Thurlow Boxing Day hunt

11th March 2019 A huntsman and protestor struggled over a dead fox in a "tug of war" when the animal was killed in a Boxing Day hunt, a court heard. Christopher Amatt, 58, and Archibald Clifton-Brown, 19, (pic below) deny hunting a fox in Great Thurlow, Suffolk, in December 2017. They also deny assault charges. …

OPINION: What is the problem with trail hunts?

9th March 2019 Imagine you walk out of your house one day on your suburban housing estate and are confronted by a group of 30 or 40 men and women riding motorbikes down the street in the middle of the road. They are all dressed the same in what look like 'gang' colours and they …

Policing the war between the hunts and the saboteurs

10th March 2019 A hunt meeting being interrupted by a group determined to sabotage it is a regular spectacle in North Wales and other rural areas of the UK. While the Hunting Act of 2004 has been active legislation for more than a decade, saboteurs insist that hunts continue to kill foxes, and in recent …

Guilty – Hunt supporter who attacked sabs car with a hammer

8th March 2019 A man who launched a hammer attack on a car containing two hunt saboteurs near Theddingworth has been ordered to pay compensation and do unpaid work. Ryan Gilbert was caught on the car’s dash-cam approaching with the weapon in his hand, before the side window of the car, being used by the …

Sadly very little has changed

Two little known local heroes. On 8th March 2018 it will be the 70th Anniversary that Gladys Mantle saved a young deer from a stag hunt and possibly changed our laws on hunting. Gladys Mantle and her husband Lionel were some of the first animal rights activists on the Quantocks. Gladys was born Gladys Braithwaite …

Pro-hunt campaigners blast Cheshire Police Crime Commissioner

Sounds like the CA/hunts in Cheshire are a bit miffed ############################################# 5th March 2019 Attempts to make sure hunts in Cheshire are planned and conducted lawfully have been labelled a “ridiculous waste of money” by pro-hunting campaigners, writes Stephen Topping. The Countryside Alliance has accused David Keane, Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), of having an …

Advocates for Animals is the first UK law firm

Advocates for Animals is the first UK law firm dedicated to animal protection. Set up by David Thomas and Edie Bowles, two solicitors with vast combined experience in animal protection law, the firm is supported by and works closely with the UK Centre of Animal Law (A-LAW): Edie is a trustee and David a former …

Gamekeeper found guilty of snaring badger

27th Feb 2019 A gamekeeper has been snared for killing a badger in a trap on Denton Moor. The protected creature had been lured to a 'stink pit' at High Denton Farm, near Ilkley, where dead and decaying animals are legitimately placed in a pile to lure vermin so they can be destroyed. Austin Hawke, …

OAP threatened north-east animal sanctuary worker

28th Feb 2019 Thomas Ferguson, 80, was convicted following a trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at New Arc, Auchnagatt, on October 16. He shouted, swore, made a threat of violence and an offensive remark. The offence also had a racial aggravation. The incident happened while Ferguson was …