Hobby hunters who kill for pleasure could be responsible for the savage deaths of over 2,000 badgers dug from the safety of their setts and set on by dogs every year in Northern Ireland.
The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will today (TUES) call on Stormont politicians to stamp out these heinous crimes by banning hunting with dogs and ensuring the law is enforced.
It comes following the release of their stark new report on the barbaric underworld of badger baiting, when a dog wearing a tracker is sent down protected setts to find badgers which are then dug out and killed by bigger dogs.
