They believe the badger has thrown an earth wall up underground between it and the terrier so the attempt is abandoned and the dog is taken out and checked over for injuries.

Reports of badger baiting over the county border led police to a scarred terrier. Police officers went to a property in North Heath, Chieveley - just south of Oxfordshire - on March 26 last year to ...

The investigation also uncovered a convicted badger baiter boasting on a closed Facebook group dedicated to Patterdale terriers about digs he had recently been on and puppies he was breeding.

A rescue dog who is thought to have lost his nose fighting in badger-baiting is waiting for someone to accept his unique appearance and take him home. Three-year-old Riddle is a Patterdale terrier ...

An animal welfare charity said it was shocked by the scale of organised badger persecution it has uncovered in Northern Ireland. As part of a two-year operation, the USPCA has been tracking one ...

A dog is recovering after it was apparently used in badger baiting. Snickers, a Patterdale terrier bitch, was found with injuries to her face, neck and torso when she was dumped in Smallfield ...

Graphic images show a terrier pup seriously injured in an illegal badger-baiting incident after being forced to fight by its owners. The two-year-old brown Patterdale Terrier suffered several puncture ...

Three Patterdale terriers Bert, Ernie and Popeye are all looking for forever homes after being rescued from cruel illegal badger baiting by RSPCA inspectors in Wales ...

The video shows a badger being viciously attacked by a terrier-like dog. At one point, a man holds the terrified creature while it is being savaged.

A vet who assessed Buddy said it was likely he had been involved in badger baiting, which is illegal.

Patterdale terriers Bert, Ernie and Popeye are looking for homes after being rescued from the cruel and violent world of badger bating.

Young had a bull-cross dog and two smaller terriers. He believed "Aaron" was keen to try badger baiting and owned a large lurcher.