21st October 2026 A man has pleaded guilty to what the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) has described as 'one of the most serious cases of animal fighting'. 25-year-old Ryan Cringean, from Locharbriggs, near Dumfries, used a lurcher and Patterdale Terrier to kill a variety of wild animals, including badgers, …
TEEN WITH ‘LOVE OF ANIMALS’ FILMED DOGS RIPPING APART BADGER IN TORTURE ATTACK
21st October 2026 A court has heard harrowing details of how teenager Max O’Neill filmed 2 dogs ripping apart a badger before he then stamped on the helpless animal, in what has been described as an act of ‘torture’. O’Neill, 18, now of Southfield Gardens in Haylands, appeared at the Isle of Wight Youth Court …
Smokescreen Saturday Exposed
Chris Packham Blasts The Quorn Hunt Over Sickening Fox Cruelty That Blows Apart Trail Hunting’s Biggest Lie 20th October 2026 When we showed wildlife campaigner Chris Packham the sickening footage of the Quorn Hunt, his response was damning: “Another bloody year, another bloodied body, another animal tortured and torn to pieces to gratify the bloodlust …
Doncaster friends who used dogs to hunt and kill wildlife are sentenced
19th October 2026 The pair’s dogs were injured during the wildlife hunts Two Doncaster friends have been sentenced for using their dogs to hunt wildlife and failing to get them treated for injuries sustained during the illegal hunting. Lewis Richard Wray, previously of Runnymede Road, Intake, faced 13 offences, including docking puppies’ tails, failing to …
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Police investigate killing of fox at hunt meeting near Melton Mowbray
19th October 2026 Police are investigating reports that a fox was illegally killed during a meeting of the Quorn Hunt near Melton Mowbray on Friday. Members of Northants Hunt Saboteurs – an animal rights group – say they observed the incident using a drone camera and they reported it to Leicestershire Police. Footage of the …
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All Warning, No Action?
17th October 2026 As more hunts receive police warnings and notices, are they a route to meaningful action, or a substitute for it? Many of you cannot have failed to notice that we are writing more and more about hunts being issued with Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) and, occasionally, the CPW’s big sister, the Community …
RSPCA animal cruelty raids in Warndon and Whittington
15th October 2026 MORE details have emerged about the arrest of a city man on suspicion of animal cruelty and the seizure of dogs as two raids were launched at the same time. A man was arrested and four dogs were seized in Worcester yesterday when two search warrants were executed by police and RSPCA …
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Pig abuser sentenced after being caught on camera
14th October 2026 Image source, Animal Justice Project Steven Woolger was caught on camera abusing pigs at a boar stud farm in Burgh Castle, near Great Yarmouth A former worker at a boar stud farm repeatedly abused pigs in his care by hitting them with a pitchfork and a pipe, a court has heard. Steven …
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Hare coursing pair appear in court at Cheltenham
14th October 2026 Two Blaenau Gwent men have been sentenced after admitting taking part in illegal hare coursing. Two Blaenau Gwent men have been sentenced to do unpaid work for their local community after they admitted taking part in illegal hare coursing near Cheltenham. Three other men accused of being part of a group which …
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Three men charged with hare coursing offences
13th October 2026 Three men have been charged with offences relating to hare coursing, following an investigation by our Rural Engagement Team. The trio, all from Kent, were initially arrested in the Bardfield area on 30 August by rural engagement officers and colleagues from Uttlesford Neighbourhood Policing Team following reports of hare coursing in the …
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