Category: Animal Cruelty & Protection Laws

  • WhatsApp being used for betting on illegal hare coursing

    WhatsApp being used for betting on illegal hare coursing

    Spare a thought for the hares this winter. Many people get upset at Christmas when the fox hunts put themselves on display to celebrate one of the outdated traditions of the British countryside, but there is another evil traditional “sport” that is gathering pace in the English countryside despite being illegal and that is hare…

  • U.K. cats always lose out at any mention of legal status.

    U.K. cats always lose out at any mention of legal status.

    Because lost and stray cats do not pose a public safety risk. Following the death of her microchipped cat Gizmo in a road accident, whose body was later disposed of by a veterinary surgeon without scanning, the owner began a petition to make it a legal requirement for dead cats to be scanned. The petition,…