Badger baiting case at paradise farm, howsham

[Little Mele]

This detailed report is from the Malton Mercury

Badgers ?killed in dog attack? - Local - Malton & Pickering Mercury

This report is from the Scarborough Evening News

Badger trial: group ?cocky? with police - Local - Scarborough Evening News

This report is from the York Press

Policeman?s badger horror (From York Press)


There are other articles in more publications, but basically saying the same as the above, so I will post more links as and when they appear next week.

[Little Mele]

Originally Posted by Little Mele

Most of the people involved in this case (CPS side) have been unable to sleep. We are not able to release photos or further details at this time, apart from what is released in the media, but believe me, this is one horrific case

Sorry I missed a bit out and worded this wrong.. Should have said "At the conclusion of the Trial, we will try and obtain further details and permissions to use some of the material including photographs in our campaigns to stop events like this happening".

Rushed the post out without reading it through so sorry for omitting what I was trying to say.

[Deb London]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

I don't think I'll be following this thread further - it'll enrage me at the derisory sentences the culprits will receive!

Jim

I haven't even been able to comment until now as Little Mele's descrptions sickened me to the core. Kayleigh sums up my sentiments perfectly.

[Little Mele]

I am not a holier than thou sort of person and always try to understand other people and not pass judgement on things I don't agree with. But I can't get my head around badger baiting.

I just don't get it all. I have tried to learn more, distressing as it is, and I am speaking about this "sport" in general not one specific case, and from what I have learned, for some participants its the testing of the dog's strength and courage against a worthy foe such as a lactating badger sow.

Okay, one dog, one badger, equal size, equal number, one to one, but no, that's not the way it is, the badger is always outnumbered.

According to Folklore, again which I have tried to research, during the TEASTAS MOR, badgers were rarely hurt, so how has it evolved into such barbarity, when we as a human species are supposed to be far more civilised than our ancestors. I am at a loss as to what to think.

[Malkie]

Four of the men got 16 weeks, 2 got suspended 12-week sentences and the youth was given a rehabilitation order.

Badger case was ?like a horror story? - Local - Malton and Pickering Mercury

?Barbaric? badger attack gang jailed (From Gazette & Herald)

Dreadful story.

[davecatt]

They got off too lightly. They not only commited a barbaric act of cruelty, but also encouraged a minor (the seventeen year old) to commit the same crime.

Sick Bstrds

[AdrianH]

And if my terrier nipped the postman there would have been calls for him to be put down and I would get a far more severe sentence, totally ridiculous, what is wrong with these magistrates?

Owning a dangerous dog is illegal,training a dog to deliberately kill or maim should see a real custodial sentence.

[AdrianH]

BBC News - Dangerous dogs sentencing guidelines toughened

So why do people that deliberately set out to harm wildlife using dogs they have trained to attack and kill get such pathetically lenient sentences?

[fairplay]

Has the legal process changed ?
I am baffled why the case was dealt with in the magistrates court, but a judge is quoted as handing out the sentence.

For starters, the magistrates should have been saying they do not have the powers to hand out an appropriate sentence in this case, remanded them all in custody and referred the case to Crown Court - thus indicating the seriousness they view this incident/s.

And did the prosecution appeal the sentence as being too lenient ? Surely there must be enough public outrage to force the prosecution to act ?

Neil.