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Starved Staffie tortured with cigarettes

A HALF-STARVED dog may have been burned by cigarettes, an animal charity fears. Staffordshire bull terrier Sophie was discovered shivering by a member of the...

Traveller’s animal ban for cockerel abuse

AN EDINBURGH-BASED traveller has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after he admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two game-breed cockerels. Paul Stewart, 42,...

Abused rabbit found on side of road

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a rabbit was found in a horrific condition at the side of a road in East...

Boyle criticised over panda death tweet

CONTROVERSIAL Scots comic Frankie Boyle has angered animal lovers by Tweeting that it would be funny if Edinburgh Zoo's pandas died. The outrageous comedian, whose...

Avians above: Man moves hawks into house

AN animal lover has moved two birds of prey into his home after they were stolen and tortured by sick thugs. Barry Shaw, 22, was...

Killing grey squirrels could break anti-cruelty laws, public warned

MEMBERS of the public who trap and cull grey squirrels could be breaking anti-cruelty laws, it has emerged. Mike Flynn, chief superintendant at the Scottish...

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