Gamekeeper Rhys Davies today looks forward to an eight-month stretch behind bars for an appalling catalogue of destruction on animals. The sheriff in Davies’ case should be commended for applying a sentence befitting the crime.
The 15-year ban on keeping animals may even be seen as light, as this man should never be entrusted to keep dogs ever again. On too many previous occasions, similar offences have been met with a slap on the wrist.
It is sickening that Davies was not acting alone, but working within a sophisticated network. Through his work as a gamekeeper, Davies was able to keep and train dogs to kill in plain sight.
