A 24-YEAR-OLD unemployed father has been convicted of badger baiting after RSPCA officers found pictures on his mobile phone.
Other photographs of dead deer and a badly injured dog were found on the phone of David Nightingale, of Oakley Walk, Eston, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool Magistrates Court heard.
The photographs were discovered when RSPCA inspectors were tipped off about a practice called ‘dropping’ where a wild rabbit is caught and released for dogs to chase and kill.
Source: The Northern Echo
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