No prosecution over fox death - RSPCA
31st January 2007
Nobody will face prosecution over the killing of a fox during
a Royal shooting party, it emerged today.
The RSPCA launched an investigation after a photographer
captured a fox apparently being beaten with a large stick
and stamped on after being shot.
The animal had strayed into the middle of a pheasant shoot
led by the Duke of Edinburgh.
An RSPCA spokeswoman said it had investigated whether the
fox was caused unnecessary suffering and whether any legislation
established to protect wildlife had been breached
  
Pupils say: Don't kill our swans
27th January 2007
Swan-loving pupils at
a Norfolk school have written in force to the Evening News
voicing their concerns over suggestions the birds should
be culled.
Girls aged nine and 10 at Thorpe House school in Thorpe
St Andrew have written in protest following an Evening News
report earlier this month.
The Environment Agency is researching damage caused by swans
and will consider options once it is complete. But angling's
umbrella body, the Fisheries and Angling Conservation Trust,
wants some control on numbers
Illegal animal trap maims pet cat
21st January 2007
A cat has
had to have its leg amputated after it was caught in
an illegal "gin trap" in fields
at Bunwell. The owners found their pet with the trap
on its paw and took it to a local vet who carried out the
operation
Pest control — Sandringham
style
21st January 2007
This fox never stood a chance when
it had a brush with the guns at Prince Philip’s shooting
party yesterday, writes Maurice Chittenden.
First it was blasted by one of eight people taking part in the shoot on the Sandringham
estate. Then, as it lay wounded, it raised itself to snarl at a gundog, so a
gamekeeper beat it over the head with a flag used to signal to the beaters. Still
not sure whether the fox was dead, the gamekeeper was spotted doing the unspeakable
to the uneatable, appearing to stamp on it before dragging it into the undergrowth
Hare coursers handed ASBOs in crackdown
19th January 2007
TWO hare coursers have been handed ASBOs to stop them practicing
the illegal sport on farmland in Cambridgeshire.
George Lee, 24, and John Bruce, 39, both of Belvedere, Kent,
were caught hare coursing on land near Littleport on Wednesday,
December 27, by Cambridgeshire police Rural Community Action
Team (RCAT).
The pair were spotted by a member of the public, and were arrested
with help from the force's helicopter
Hopefields V's Tesco
Hopefield is run by 2 amazing elderly people
Ernie (80) and Paula (73) and the stress is taking a toll
on their health too.
Tesco are putting the land up for sale NEXT WEEK which means Hopefield will have
no choice and have to wind down and will not be able to give a safe
home to any more unwanted and rescued animals.
This is a death sentence for 72 Horses and over 100 other animals
A great day for wildlife - wild bird imports
for the pet trade are banned
11th January 2007
Campaigners are today celebrating a decision by EU
animal health experts to permanently end the commercial importation
of wild birds into the European Union for the pet trade.
Under the new rules, which form part of a strategy to combat
avian influenza, only imports of captive-bred birds will
be permitted
Serviceman discharged after cruelty
case
9th January 2007
 ANIMAL rights campaigners last night welcomed news that a
former Iraq medic who slashed open his dog's throat with
a military knife has been kicked out of the American air
force.
Senior Airman Dustin Yandell, 22, originally from Maryland
and based at RAF Lakenheath, has been discharged from service
at the base after admitting killing his golden retriever
Goldie in March 2006.
He had returned to service after serving just over half of
the 18-week prison sentence he was handed in September for
causing unnecessary suffering to an animal
Farm worker injured in pig attack
7th January 2007
A farm worker was treated in hospital
following an attack by a herd of pigs. The 51-year-old
man fell over and was attacked by a sow in a pen on the Heggatt
Hall estate at Horstead, Norfolk, on Saturday
Farmer guilty of animal cruelty
4th January 2007
A farmer who allowed a bull's hooves
to grow so long they "curled round like Turkish slippers" has
been found guilty of causing animal suffering.
RSPCA officers prosecuted Craig Sargent,
46, after calling at Oaks Farm in Halstead, Kent following
a tip-off, Sevenoaks magistrates heard.
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