Environment Secretary

Longer wildlife crime sentences get mixed reception

The government will push to increase the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty from six months to five years – something that has been simultaneously welcomed and questioned by field sports organisations.

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Badger cull in June

Environment secretary Owen Paterson confirmed that the pilot badger cull would be implemented in June this year.

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