The dogs were taken by North Yorkshire Police ... Sergeant Mark Earnshaw added: "Badger baiting is a barbaric offence, which inevitably results in terrible suffering to all the animals involved.

Two men who killed a badger after forcing their dogs to fight the creature have been jailed. Kenneth Kieron Wade, 29, and Stephen Thomas Rose, 39, were discovered with injured dogs and a muddy ...

They had two dogs, a lurcher and a terrier, and were apparently engaged in badger baiting. After Mr Phelan shot the lurcher with his licensed Winchester rifle, there were exchanges with the ...

Wade’s dog had extensive jaw injuries and facial cuts to one of ... faced a trial at York Magistrates’ Court on separate charges relating to the same badger-baiting incident. Yesterday, they were each ...

Like other Scottish Highland breeds of terrier, they were bred to hunt fox, badger, and other vermin, being small enough to go into their dens. They are feisty, territorial, and unstintingly loyal.

Badger is a two-year-old English Labrador who has the ability to sniff out chemicals present on digital storage devices.

One of the dogs used by Kenneth Wade, 29, and Stephen Rose, 38, was already injured with wounds that had not been properly treated before the night-time incident and was so extensively hurt during ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Two “sadistic” dog owners who set their pets onto a badger at Scotch Corner have been jailed for 40 months and banned from keeping any ...