Barnsley man who shared animal fight videos online detained
The force said when Bates was arrested in May 2024 officers found a number of photos and videos on his phone of his dogs attacking animals on land in the South Elmsall area of West Yorkshire Police seized three dogs and other items relating to hunting from his home, including stolen 'no poaching' signs from nearby farming land.As well as a sentence of detention Bates was also banned from having any contact with animals for 12 years.Ch Insp Kevin Lacks-Kelly, head of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, said: "I welcome the sentence of Bates - quite simply, no animal is safe around him."The level of cruelty and suffering he has inflicted for gratification is deeply disturbing, I am sure the public with be quite rightly shocked by this case."I would like to thank South Yorkshire Police for a thorough investigation that has taken this animal abuser off the streets."Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
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