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What's Up with the UK and Soaring Wildlife Crime?

Critter News

Badgers are being caught for dog-baiting. Tags: wildlife crime UK animal cruelty. The Brits are known for their animal rights activism, but there's been a rise in wildlife crime against all animals. Apparently they are seen as nuisances. Bats are being targeted. A bird species is near extinction.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

. * In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims to restore the dog to full health, and to win her trust. Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. Link: [link].