A cruel gamekeeper who used his dogs for fights and sent sick pictures of people posed with dead animals has been jailed for eight months. Rhys Davies, 28, was also handed a 15-year ban on owning or keeping animals after he was convicted at Forfar Sheriff Court in Scotland on Monday.
Davies, who was living in Wales before he was jailed, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to four dogs under his care and keeping or training dogs for the purposes of animal fights. Animal welfare chiefs searched Turnabrae house on Millden Estate in Angus in October 2019, where Davies worked as a gamekeeper at the time.
The Scottish SPCA received a tip-off that Davies was heavily involved in using his dogs to fight and bait wild animals. Davies sent more than 50 pictures featuring severely injured dogs and individuals posing with dead animals to be printed in May 2019.
