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Animal cruelty stories

Here is a selection of animal cruelty stories representing the type of animal cruelty or neglect cases we regularly encounter.

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You may find some of the details in these stories upsetting.

Artificial badger sett used to illegal train dogs.

Artificial badger sett built to train dogs badger baiting

Our Special Operations Unit led a complex investigation which included filming a group of men setting dogs on a captive badger.

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