Animal baiting

Billy Harry Scarah, 28, from Hull, posted footage online of his bull lurcher attacking the animals.

The two men were discovered with injured dogs and spades near an exposed badger sett, police say.

He is also being investigated over animal cruelty and possession of a crossbow and a machete.

The charity says there are "considerable weaknesses" in investigating the offence.

Police say they have bailed a man in his 20s as part of an investigation into badger baiting.

The 24-hour dispersal order follows a jump in reports of hare coursing in Lincolnshire, police say.

The USPCA say its intelligence indicates 150 people are actively involved in animal baiting in NI.