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A number of blog readers sent me links about the conviction of a former gamekeeper who was jailed on Friday for depraved animal fighting cruelty. Luke Rix, 32, of Gilks Lane, Oxhill, Warwickshire, was jailed for 18 weeks and banned from keeping dogs for ten years after video evidence was found of him stabbing a … Continue reading "Another (former) gamekeeper jailed for depraved animal fighting cruelty" RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/h3GFODs

REVIVE coalition partners OneKind and the League Against Cruel Sports are joining forces with Scottish Badgers today for a demonstration at the Scottish Parliament, calling for a ban on snares and a real ban on foxhunting. OneKind had planned to host a demonstration against snaring in September (here) but the event was postponed after the … Continue reading "March for the Foxes, in Edinburgh today" RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/ACfo0lL

  Two men were caught illegally digging at an active badger sett near Wrexham. A member of the public alerted the police after spotting them on land at Cross Lanes on 30 August 2021. One of the men was lying on his stomach in a large rectangular hole which had been dug into a bank. Two quad bikes – one of which had a box attached with a terrier-type dog called Rosie inside – were also found at the scene. Jamie Barnes of Caernarvon Place, Beeston, Nottingham and Ben Davies of Cwm Mawr, Belan, Welshpool, had both denied one offence contrary to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, but were found guilty at a trial in August 2021. Appearing at Wrexham Magistrates Court last Tuesday (18 October 2022), both men were fined £1,000 and each ordered to pay costs of £600, following a prosecution brought by the RSPCA. The court heard how the men thought the sett wasn’t active, despite the fact there were three access tunnels into it with clear badger trails leading in and out, small h...

Following on from yesterday’s news that the Scottish Government has finally launched a public consultation on its proposed grouse moor licensing scheme in an attempt to address the ongoing issue of illegal raptor persecution, amongst other things (here), the grouse shooting lobby is quietly seething in response. A joint statement has been issued by the … Continue reading "Grouse shooting lobby quietly seething over proposed licensing scheme" RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/evZAutP

Further to the news today that the Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on its proposals for a grouse-shooting licensing scheme (here), REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform, has cautiously welcomed the proposals. The statement, published on REVIVE’s website (here) notes that ‘the consultation is the start of a process which will significantly … Continue reading "REVIVE coalition cautiously welcomes Scot Gov’s consultation on grouse moor licensing" RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/6tBfjx3

Further to the news today that the Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on its proposals for a grouse-shooting licensing scheme (here), REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform, has cautiously welcomed the proposals. The statement, published on REVIVE’s website (here) notes that ‘the consultation is the start of a process which will significantly … Continue reading "REVIVE coalition cautiously welcomes Scot Gov’s consultation on grouse moor licensing" from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/8NJwFkn via IFTTT

Today, the Scottish Government has launched a public consultation as the start of its commitment to introduce a licensing scheme for grouse moor management, following the publication of the Werritty Review in 2019, which was commissioned in 2017 after unequivocal evidence was published of the on-going illegal killing of golden eagles on some Scottish grouse … Continue reading "Grouse moor management in Scotland: Government launches public consultation" RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/cKjMYlX