“The message has been sent that if you kill someone, there are absolutely no consequences,” said Peggy, a friend of Keane’s, who did not give her last name. “I know he isn’t necessarily a danger to the public, but for me you have to send a message that killing someone isn’t nothing,” she added. Ahead … Read more
In response, South Dorset Hunt said: “We condemn any illegal activity and remind our followers never to engage with anti-hunt activists.” The British Hound Sports Association, which represents the sport’s governing bodies said: “Further to the allegations made by anti-hunt activists we would encourage anyone with information to assist in any enquiry. “We do not … Read more
He previously used a 2020 lecture to the RS Surtees Society to say that the “clearest proof that this was never a measure aimed at improving animal welfare is that nothing in the construction of the legislation tends towards its effective enforceability as a matter of animal welfare”. The exemptions in the Act, which were … Read more
A man in Turkey has been reportedly shot and killed by his own dog on a hunting trip after the pet stepped on the trigger of his shotgun. Ozgur Gevrekogulu, 32, died in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Samsun last weekend. Local police originally took one of his hunting companions into custody, according to the … Read more