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Hunts warned to obey the law
Paul McCartney's shrine to wife Linda is 'desecrated' by dumped deer remainsSir Paul McCartney's woodland shrine to his dead wife, Linda McCartney, has been "desecrated" today after the macabre discovery of deer remains found dumped there. The League Against Cruel Sports, which maintains the woodland shrine, says a sadistic poacher has savagely attacked a deer and left the mutilated remains in the five-acre woodland site dedicated by Sir Paul to his beloved first wife. The shrine lies on his Somerset estate near Bampton. The grim discovery, which was made in the early hours of February 24, was reported to both Devon and Cornwall and Avon and Somerset police forces. It came as Sir Paul joined ex-wife Heather as the face of a PETA campaign against animal cruelty, and threw his weight behind protesters in Australia battling against a planned kangaroo cull. Rachel Jay, spokesperson for LACS, said the deer remains were found in the vicinity of St John's wood, which the League manages on behalf of Mr McCartney, and said that there had been a series of incidents.
HUNTING HOUND KILLED ON ROADA pack of fox hounds caused traffic chaos as
they ran across a busy dual carriageway on Saturday. One dog
was hit by a vehicle and killed in the incident, which happened
at about 1pm, on the A380 at Ideford Dip, near Newton Abbot,
South Devon.
Campaigners probe ‘fox in street hunt’ claim
Residents in Llwuncelyn Road, Glanaman, say they were “distressed” after dozens of dogs pursued the animal past their homes. It is believed the fox escaped Now anti-hunt campaigner and Newport West MP Paul Flynn has called on the charity to look into the case after police decided no crime was committed. He lodged an early day motion in Parliament calling on police to take “appropriate action” against hunters
Badger-baiters given jail warning
Simon Evans, 40, and Peter McGuigan, 37, from Llandysul on the Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire border, had denied five charges brought by the RSPCA. Police caught them disturbing a sett near Boncath, Pembrokeshire, and one of their dogs had a badger in its mouth
Anger as hunting dogs run into home
Frank Holcombe, 49, of The Crescent in Swayfield, says he was shocked at the actions of about 20 hounds running through the village on Thursday, last week At about 1.30pm Mr Holcombe was carrying out DIY to his home when he says he first heard a commotion outside. He went to investigate the noise and found a pack of hounds wunning with the Cottesmore Hunt. Mr Holcombe, a cabinet and furniture maker, said: "The hunting dogs came through the village and were completely out of control."There was a pack of about 20 waist-high hounds – they were scattered across the village, rampaging and barging through my neighbours' hedges." Moments later Mr Holcombe says he found two dogs in his house. He said: "They entered through the patio doors lathered-up in mud. I managed to usher them out the house and they went off."
Hunting more popular than everTHE number of people attending hunts has increased since a Government
ban was introduced, according to figures released this week by
the Countryside Alliance.
In Cumbria supporters say the 2005 ban on hunting with hounds has swelled support
and the businesses that supply them are also thriving.
Swoop on alleged badger baitersPOLICE and RSPCA officers have raided three houses in South
Derbyshire in connection with alleged badger-baiting.
IW Hunt Banned From Commission Land
The Commission took its unprecedented action following evidence from the League showing a fox being pursued across its land. Further film showed the hunt, with hounds, present at a badger set. Both actions could lead to prosecution. Matt Fox, League Against Cruel Sports campaigner said: ‘The Isle of Wight Hunt has long behaved as though it owned the entire island. I am delighted the Forestry Commission has taken decisive action.’
Two 'were caught badger-baiting'
Peter McGuigan, 37, and Simon Evans, 40, both from Llandysul, on the border of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, had shovels, dogs and netting. It was a "classic" badger-digging set-up, the hearing at Llanelli magistrates' court was told, and one dog had a badger in its mouth. Police stopped them at a sett near Boncath. The pair deny five charges
Poll Watch: February 2008 Welsh future MORI, in two surveys (sampled between 1-14 February) on behalf of several animal welfare organisations, found 71% who disagreed that people should be allowed to break the law banning hunting with dogs. They also found that 73% thought fox hunting should not be made legal again, compared with 96% who thought the same about dog fighting, 93% about badger baiting, 82% about hare hunting and coursing and 81% about deer hunting.
Tally-ho tally up THE number of people attending hunts in the North has increased since fox-hunting was banned by the Government. At the same time, the membership of anti-hunt group the League Against Cruel Sports has plummeted by around 20 per cent. When the controversial ban was introduced three years ago, many thought it would spell the end for such country pursuits and the businesses which relied on them Watch a fox hunt filmed by the League Against Cruel Sports here |
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AN ECHO investigation into illegal hunting has prompted condemnation
of gangs in Parliament.
A MAN has been locked up for six months after being found guilty
of taking part in the "barbaric sport" of badger baiting. John
William Lee was arrested as he walked through a busy town centre
while blood dripped from the face of one of his dogs.
The 40-year-old was also carrying a rucksack on his back with a garden spade
sticking out of the top. When his bag was searched, an eight-inch machete was
found.
LLANGOLLEN,
world famous for the International Eisteddfod, has a darker
side reverting to medieval practices.
As many as 50,000 deer are killed every year by night-time poachers
and illegal bloodsports fanatics, according to a wildlife charity
which monitors attacks on herds.
The British Deer Society will this spring launch an anti-poaching
campaign and press the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo)
to provide greater resources for what it describes as "gun
crime" in
the countryside. The problem, according to gamekeepers and environmental
groups, is growing as deer, facing no natural predators, extend
their range and Britain's appetite for venison expands.
Sussex
MP Nicholas Soames is to be prosecuted over the use of his quad
bike at a new year's day hunt. The politician, a grandson of
Sir Winston Churchill, was filmed towing a trailer carrying adults
and children on the road near his home.
CUMBRIAN hunts have been warned to stay within the law when
on Forestry Commission land.
LEAGUE Against Cruel Sports campaigners are probing allegations
that 30 hounds chased a fox down a street, amid claims that police
did not properly investigate complaints of illegal hunting.
A district judge has warned two men they face jail sentences
after finding them guilty of badger-baiting. 
A VILLAGER is furious after two hunting hounds ran into his
home during a meet, he claims.
The
Isle of Wight Hunt has been banned from land owned by the Forestry
Commission. The Hunt is already the subject of a police
investigation and facing a criminal prosecution.
Two men were caught badger-baiting in a Pembrokeshire
woodland, a district judge has heard. 
