“An obsessive smuggler of wild birds’ eggs has avoided jail, to the disappointment of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, whose staff helped to track down his hoard.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a pigeon by hitting it with a skateboard.”
BBC News, 1st December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gordon Ramsay ruffled feathers when he caught and ate a puffin on his Channel 4 show, The F Word, but the TV chef has been cleared of any wrongdoing by media regulator Ofcom.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A case against three men accused of killing 29 swans has been dropped after evidence was lost at a police station.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Animal welfare activists have complained to Wimbledon organisers and the police over the culling of pigeons. Is it against the law for marksmen to take out the feral birds?”
BBC News Magazine, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There were ruffled feathers and no small amount of flapping at the world’s most genteel tennis tournament yesterday after a threat of legal action from animal rights lobbyists over the culling of pigeons that had the temerity to bother some players.”
The Independent, 25th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A thief who stole a pet owl was given a suspended nine-month sentence yesterday.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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