The dogs are now in the care of the RSPCA

'These dogs were treated disgustingly by people who should not have been allowed near them,' said the League Against Cruel Sports

North Wales Police's Rural Crime team has said it is investigating the theft of 18 cattle.

Rural crime police have circulated an image of a van this morning after suspicious activity was reported around farms in Wrexham.

A member of the public alerted the police after spotting them on land at Cross Lanes on 30 August last year.

He was found guilty over the incident, which took place on St Asaph Road in Lloc – a 30mph area - at around 8am on February 24. The 13-year-old rider, who was wearing a high visibility jacket while out with her pony, sustained minor injuries in the collision.

A MAN from Prestatyn who was photographed showing off his severely injured dogs after he used them to illegally bait badgers has been given a suspended prison sentence.

One of the sheep was found dead in nearby wasteland shortly after, and another was found injured having been shot with a crossbow bolt, and is now being treated by a vet.

Police are investigating after more than 50 sheep have disappeared from the Llangollen area.

Five quad bikes have been stolen in the past eight weeks, all from the Meirionydd area, as well as 10 gates and sheep hurdles over this past weekend in the Denbigh moors area.

Police are appealing to anybody who is offered cheap meat “not to accept it and report it to us as soon as possible.”

RCT Officer and NPCC Secretary for Livestock Offences, Dave Allen hopes that his team’s work will yield positive results and that other forces can adopt the same processes in future investigations.

North Wales Police Rural Crime Team have launched an investigation into the shooting of captive and wild birds in Wrexham.

An appeal has been launched after reports of "night hawking" at an ancient North Wales fort. Hawkers have been reportedly targeting the ruins of Segontium in Caernarfon.

Police are appealing for information regarding, or witnesses to, the incidents.