Horrific: Dog forced to fight wildlife loses bottom of his jaw
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by Eliza Egret
7h ago
A man escaped prison on 7 November, despite inflicting the most horrific cruelty on three dogs in his care. 35-year-old Peter Bewsher, from Egremont, Cumbria, received a 12-week suspended sentence after forcing his dogs to fight wild mammals. Bewsher’s property was searched by the RSPCA and the police on 14 February 2024. What they found ..read more
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Philip Seccombe: pro-hunting Police and Crime Commissioner wants your opinion!
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by Eliza Egret
1w ago
Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Philip Seccombe wants your opinion on his “plans for strengthening policing, safeguarding people and protecting communities in Warwickshire.” The PCC needs to take a look at his own record on hunting, while Warwickshire Police needs to take a look at its dire policing of wildlife crime. Seccombe’s office is conducting ..read more
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GUILTY! Burton huntsman convicted under Hunting Act
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by Eliza Egret
1w ago
Yet another hunter has been convicted under the Hunting Act. On 28 October, 59-year-old Neil Burton, huntsman of the Burton Hunt, was found guilty of hunting a wild mammal with dogs. This conviction is the first of its kind in Lincolnshire. Damning footage of the incident, which took place on 27 January 2024, was captured ..read more
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‘Traumatising’: Gruesome footage shows Seavington Hunt tearing up fox
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by Eliza Egret
1w ago
Two Counties Hunt Sabs have published gruesome footage from the Seavington Hunt’s opening meet, which took place on 26 October. The video shows a fox being caught by hounds and torn up, while the huntsman watches closely. A rider then throws the fox’s body into a nearby stream. (WARNING: Video shows a fox being killed ..read more
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Matt Western MP takes on the Countryside Alliance
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by Eliza Egret
1w ago
It has been almost two years since Warwickshire Police issued the Warwickshire Hunt with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) for causing road chaos. Controversially, in August 2023 the force suddenly dropped the CPN, saying it had come to a private agreement with the hunt. MP Matt Western called it a “super scandal”. And now he ..read more
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HAVE YOUR SAY! Northern Ireland launches consultation into banning hunting with dogs
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by Eliza Egret
1w ago
It is still completely legal to hunt wild mammals with dogs in Northern Ireland. But the Alliance Party is trying to ban the barbaric practice – and it wants you to have your say. Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) John Blair has launched a consultation (which runs until 13/Jan/25) into his plan to use a ..read more
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Government condemns 10,000 more badgers while decrying nature crisis
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by Tracy Keeling
1w ago
When the Labour Party was elected earlier this year, many people concerned about the nature crisis hoped the change of governance would mean an end to England’s badger cull. After all, the party branded the now over a decade-long massacre of badgers as “ineffective” in its manifesto and pledged to end the cull. These hopes ..read more
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Undercover footage of raptor persecution ‘a game changer’
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by Charlie Moores
2w ago
On 22 October Channel 4’s Alex Thomson introduced extraordinary video footage captured by the RSPB Investigations Team of three gamekeepers on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire, discussing (and then off-camera killing), a Hen Harrier. While that may not sound particularly ‘game changing’, what makes this footage especially important is that the audio quality is ..read more
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Equipment Fund: Keeping up the pressure on Cheshire’s hunts
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by Charlie Moores
2w ago
Twenty years after the passing of the Hunting Act there are still several hundred hunts going out with packs of hounds (and more often than not with a hardcore of badger baiters and dog fighters that make up hunt ‘terriermen’). Having tried to bludgeon the public and the authorities into submission and force repeal of ..read more
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GUILTY AGAIN! West Norfolk Foxhounds men lose court appeal
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by Eliza Egret
2w ago
Two West Norfolk Foxhounds men appeared in court again last week, this time to appeal hunting convictions. To their dismay, their attempt at overturning their guilty verdicts backfired. Their convictions were upheld on 18 October. Back on 19 July 2024, a judge convicted huntsman Edward “Mikey” Bell and whipper-in Andrew Egginton on two counts each ..read more
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