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“Crimes against wildlife, including badger baiting with dogs, hare coursing, poisoning of protected birds and even trapping them to sell as caged pets have soared to unprecedented heights.”
The Independent on Sunday, 1st November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been banned from owning animals for life after he battered his dog and bit it on the nose.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman with a history of mental illness has been given a six-month conditional discharge after admitting strangling two dogs.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Earl of Wessex has been cleared by the RSPCA of animal cruelty over photographs that appeared to show him lashing out at two gundogs with a stick during a pheasant shoot.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A parish council chairman shot his neighbours’ dog dead because its early morning barking annoyed him, a court heard yesterday.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenager who drowned a rescue cat adopted by the crew of HMS Belfast has been ordered to write a letter of apology as part of a nine-month supervision order.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Norfolk farmer has been jailed for five months for animal cruelty.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former president of the National Farmers’ Union Wales has been told to pay a total of £920 after pleading guilty to 24 animal welfare charges.”
BBC News, 14th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A County Durham farmer has been banned from keeping cattle and sheep for 10 years, after allowing 71 sheep to die in his fields.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage gamekeeper who clubbed to death badgers and shot buzzards then recorded the illegal killings in a coded diary has been spared jail.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drunken Darlington teenager has admitted smashing a rabbit against a wall while her friend filmed the attack on a mobile phone.”
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BBC News, 20th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two drunken men who filmed each other kicking an injured seagull to death in a seaside town have both been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of people convicted of cruelty to animals rose by 24% last year, the RSPCA says today, as it blames ‘our throwaway society’ for making dogs, cats and horses helpless victims.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pensioner has been jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping horses for two years after pleading guilty to animal neglect charges.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman locked a dog in a bedroom until it died of starvation because she was ‘too knackered’ to care for it.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed after stabbing his dog to death and burying him in a shallow grave in his back garden.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pet owner from the West Midlands who killed his dog by putting it in a washing machine has been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 9th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been given six-month suspended jail sentences after they were caught badger-baiting with dogs.”
BBC News, 3th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A couple have been jailed for four months and banned from keeping pets for life after cramming 34 cats and seven dogs into a 7ft by 12ft caravan.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A jilted husband has been jailed for killing his former wife’s kitten by putting it in a tumble drier.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
