Two men were caught illegally digging at an active badger sett near Wrexham. A member of the public alerted the police after spotting them on land at Cross Lanes on 30 August 2021. One of the men was lying on his stomach in a large rectangular hole which had been dug into a bank. Two […]

A man from North Wales who was photographed showing off his severely injured dogs after he used them to illegally bait badgers, has been given a suspended prison sentence. Disturbing images and footage of the dogs, who had significant untreated facial and jaw injuries, were discovered on Philip Stevens’ mobile phone after alleged activities relating to […]

  A director of a housebuilding firm has been fined more than £9,000 after a badger sett was damaged during construction work in Aberdeen. Bruce Allan, 57, admitted breaching the Protection of Badgers Act in Milltimber in June last year. He was fined in his capacity as a director of Malcolm Allan Housebuilders after allowing […]