Farmer jailed for animal cruelty – BBC News
“A Norfolk farmer has been jailed for five months for animal cruelty.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
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“A Norfolk farmer has been jailed for five months for animal cruelty.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“Two men have been given six-month suspended jail sentences after they were caught badger-baiting with dogs.”
BBC News, 3th April 2008
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“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
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“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
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“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
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