“Two Kirkby men admitted digging down to snare young badgers in the countryside to train terriers to attack them, a court heard. William Chrystal, 24 and Leighton David Shiers, 18, were caught with shovels, walkie talkies and were wearing camouflage jackets at a well-known underground sett in north Wales when police pounced. Three more of […]
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