17 h. ago Fife sicko who made dogs hunt and brutally kill wildlife and pet cats is jailed

Brandon Robb would film the sickening scenes before uploading them to social media.

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41 h. ago Schoolboy, 16, filmed holding a seagull he killed 'like a trophy' before shooting a disabled man with a catapult is spared jail

The teenager from Ashford in Kent, who cannot be named due to his age, was arrested after a sickening video captured the moments after he killed the bird.

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3 d. ago Pakistan launches crackdown on ‘pet’ lion ownership after woman mauled in Lahore street

Lahore lion attack sparks crackdown, with authorities raiding breeding farms and making arrests

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8 d. ago Writer who torched her 'evil badger man' neighbour's Land Rover because she thought his badgers killed local cat avoids jail

Susan Lupton, 63, set fire to and destroyed wildlife-loving Graham Lee's Freelander in a callous attempt to kill badgers living on his driveway.

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9 d. ago Man left brutally injured and screaming 'he's going to kill me' after row over vape

Danny Smith carried out the brutal assault while serving a sentence in HMP Altcourse

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2 w. ago Hunt hounds chased and attacked pet cats, dogs, horses, donkeys and alpacas, report says

Activists documented 411 incidents of foxes being chased or killed – a 13 per cent increase on the year before

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3 w. ago Monk who brought shame on Catholic boarding school jailed for abusing pupils

Michael James Callaghan, known as Father James, has been jailed for seven years for preying on the vulnerable teenage boys at Ampleforth College.

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3 w. ago Daughters of murdered university lecturer urge prison service to move her killer ex

Paul Antony Butler, 53, killed the university lecturer, 48, in a frenzied attack in Plymouth in January this year following a six-month campaign of stalking.

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3 w. ago Posters, scented items and drones: Highland hunt for teenager’s missing therapy dog

After retriever Louie got spooked on a walk his owners have not stopped searching for him – and local walkers have stepped in tooWalking along Nevis Gorge, the rumble of Steall Falls can be heard long before you see it. Rocky terrain clears to expansive grassland, forest and shrubbery.Among Glen Nevis’s lush greenery, flashes of bright red paper can be seen. It is not litter left by tourists who have trekked to this beauty spot, but missing posters handed out by the family of Louie, a two-year-old golden retriever who has been missing for a fortnight. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Troops are now patrolling Los Angeles. This is a disaster waiting to happen | Kenneth Roth

Troops are trained for war, where they can shoot to kill. Asking troops to police is an invitation to brutalityThis was the moment that Donald Trump was waiting for. A Democratic city, Los Angeles. A Democratic state, California. His most popular issue, immigration. And protests where occasional violence could be spotlighted endlessly on social media. What better time to summon the troops and burnish the president’s tough-guy image.But Trump should be careful what he wishes for. The spectacle of needlessly calling in 4,000 national guard troops and 700 Marines may be red meat for his Maga base, but for most everyone else it is a bright warning sign of Trump’s autocratic tendencies. Rather than quell the protests, he is provoking more, not only in LA but in at least two dozen cities across the US. Even if this is not yet the mass mobilization that such repression has sparked in other countries, it is making Trump’s true colors clear.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Ri...

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