Farmers Union applies for injunction that aims to stop badger cull protests – The Independent
“If granted by the High Court, it would prevent any protest against the pilot scheme.”
The Independent, 21st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: animals
Pet cat’s DNA helps convict owner who killed his friend after an argument – The Independent
“First time genetic code of a cat has been used in a criminal trial in the UK.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher Simon Clannachan jailed for child and bestiality images – BBC News
“A primary school teacher who was caught with indecent images of children and extreme pornography involving animals has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 29th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wild animals in circuses to be banned – Daily Telegraph
“Travelling circuses are to be banned from using wild animals in two years time, under plans being announced by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Owner wins nine-month cat custody battle – Daily Telegraph
“An owner has won a nine-month legal battle, fighting tooth and claw for custody of a cat that went missing for six years after its adopted family refused to give her up.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How the law views cats – Daily Telegraph
“The law regards cats as property, or ‘chattel’, so any offence against owned felines can be classed as criminal damage.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sheep snow deaths: Farmers could get law change – BBC News
“Laws that prevent farmers burying dead animals could be relaxed to help those struggling after hundreds of sheep died in the recent snow.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wildlife park run by TV presenter and husband fined £70,000 – The Guardian
“A wildlife park run by TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband has been fined £70,000 for health and safety breaches. Colin MacDougall, 46, the interior designer’s husband, was fined a further £4,000 for two identical breaches.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Circuses blow their top at lion licensing plan – The Independent
“A plan to force circuses to license all their lions, tigers and elephants – thrashed out after the Government shelved an outright ban on performing wild animals – could still drive many circuses out of business, owners have warned.”
The Independent, 18th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Badger Trust) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily
“Section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 empowered the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to proceed with a policy involving a grant of licences, whereby farmers and landowners, in areas said to be the worst affected by bovine tuberculosis in England, would be allowed to carry out controlled culling of badgers.”
WLR Daily, 11th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
MPs reject government plans for pilot badger cull – BBC News
“MPs have voted against the government’s policy of culling badgers in two pilot schemes in England.”
BBC News, 25th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Badger cull under threat from last-minute legal challenge – The Guardian
“A last-minute legal challenge has dealt a fresh blow to the government’s increasingly troubled cull of badgers in England, the Observer has learned.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK wildlife crime laws a ‘mess’, MPs say – The Guardian
“Conservation legislation is undermined as laws are ‘scattered across statutes’, badly in need of consolidation, says report.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
All about killing badgers – UK Human Rights Blog
“It is impossible to drive through the narrow and high-hedged lanes of Herefordshire without coming across the sad and inevitable outcome of car meeting badger. One estimate is that we may lose as many as 50,000 badgers a year this way. But this case is about whether we should kill a lot more badgers – deliberately.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
First badger cull licence issued – BBC News
“The first licence allowing farmers in England to shoot badgers in an attempt to reduce cattle TB has been issued.”
BBC News, 17th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Badger cull legal challenge fails at court of appeal – The Guardian
“Badger Trust fails in attempt to stop two pilot culls aimed at tackling tuberculosis in cattle.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
England badger cull court appeal – BBC News
“Badgers could be shot across England within weeks, barring a last minute legal challenge. Natural England is preparing to issue licenses that will allow farmers to shoot badgers at night in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.”
BBCNews, 11th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Red Tractor ‘pork not porkies’ ads banned – The Guardian
“Three ads trumpeting the high welfare standards of pork sold with the Red Tractor quality mark have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found the claims could mislead consumers into thinking pig welfare in Britain was better than it is.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law could be updated to make it easier to cull grey squirrels and badgers – Daily Telegraph
“Killing ‘pests’ such as badgers, deer and grey squirrels will be made easier under Government proposals.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
