AN OFFENDER who admitted hunting wild animals with dogs has been banned from land across three counties after breaching a court order. Scott Matthew Cochrane had been found with dead rabbits, ...

A PAIR of pigs called Pudding and Pie are looking for a new home. Dorset-based animal rescue centre Margaret Green has issued an appeal to find forever homes for a number of animals in its care this ...

In the past few weeks five cats were brutally killed by lurchers controlled by a gang of youths in a housing area in Mahon. The ISPCA says it is aware of the cases and has passed the information on to ...

Gangs of youths are breeding a new type of vicious and powerful hunting dog to fight badgers in the countryside. Bull-lurchers, a cross between the illegal pitbull terrier and a lurcher, are tearing ...

officer for the return of their ''property''. This was refused. David McKee, 23, and Robert McCahill, 18, admitted poaching the game and using a lurcher dog to catch rabbits on the Isle of Bute.

WILD DEER JUDGE CONCERNED THAT HUNTING DOG WAS NOT PUT DOWN THREE TULLOW men were convicted of animal cruelty this week when they admitted bludgeoning a deer to death on a night out hunting rabbits. A ...

Steven McGonigal crosses a pockmarked field in the north of Ireland with a box of unruly ferrets while his dog, Fudge, sniffs out rabbit warrens. As the lurcher does his work, McGonigal covers the ...

In the 14th and 15th centuries (or so the story goes), only noblemen were legally permitted to keep pure-bred sighthounds. As a result, people from other walks of life took to crossing dogs such as ...

The female lurcher was caught using a modified dog pen and will be assessed before going to a new home A lurcher dog that had been living as a stray for several months has been caught by an animal ...

A lurcher dog that had been living as a stray for several months has been caught by an animal rescue team. Noah's Ark Rescue worked with staff at O'Neill Racing to trap the female lurcher after it ...