Fife farmer fined £2,000 after deliberately damaging badger sett

A Fife farmer has been fined £2,000 after deliberately damaging a badger sett.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Fife farmer fined £2,000 after deliberately damaging badger sett

A Fife farmer has been fined 2,000 after deliberately damaging a badger sett. Peter Brown (32) was found guilty to two breaches of the Protection of Badgers Act in Leslie, Glenrothes by Kirkcaldy...

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