He kept the skulls of deers and tails of foxes as trophies at his home
A Worksop man who encouraged his dogs to rip apart badgers, pigeons, foxes and deer has been jailed. Daniel Taylor, of Shrewsbury Road, filmed hundreds of videos of his pets being set loose on wild animals over the course of a year and half.
Taylor was detained and his phone and the dogs were seized as part of the investigation and taken to secure kennels. Videos found on his phone show him cheering on his dogs while they attack animals, with phrases such as "go on" and "good lad". Sentencing him, Judge Mark Watson said: "These offences cannot in any way be described as sport. This was a barbaric hobby of yours. This was planned activity by you and you clearly revelled in the suffering of these animals.