Posted on January 28, 2019
A string of failures by the Crown Prosecution Service has led to the collapse of a trial involving the Claro Beagles who were accused of hunting hares. Read more
Posted on November 16, 2018
Huntsman of the Quantock Staghounds Richard Down, 54, of West Bagborough, and whipper-in Martin Watts, 55 of Washford, stood trial at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on November 12th and 13th accused of illegally hunting deer with dogs on the Quantock Hills on January 22, 2018, contrary to Section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004 Read more
Posted on September 11, 2018
Huntsman Richard Down, 54, of West Bagborough, near Taunton, and whipper-in Martin Watts, 55, of Washford, appeared at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on the 21st August accused of hunting red deer with dogs Read more
Posted on September 11, 2018
Three men who had been charged with offences under the Hunting Act 2014, the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 have had the case against them discontinued by the CPS. Read more
