In phone call with undercover investigator, businessman Rob Weir recounted a £2,800 hunting trip
Mr Weir said: There were five of us – one of them was a lady – and we shot 13,000 doves over four days
Mr Weir owns H. J. Weir Engineering, one of world s largest manufacturers of industrial laundry machines
He also said: The very first time I went out there I wanted to shoot a baboon. I had a thing about shooting a baboon, I don t know why but I did
Ebony Horse Club has won its second FEI solidarity award, 10 years after it first took the title.
The London club has been recognised as the best of the decade in this year’s international awards, which sought the winners of the past 10 years rather than just 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the second award of the week for Ebony, whose horse Splash was named inspirational animal of the year in the 2020 Daily Mirror Animal Hero Awards.
Ebony general manager Naomi Howate told
H&H it was a fantastic week for the club.
“It’s been amazing to win these two awards,” she said. “We were the furthest back nominee as we won in 2009, so we weren’t fresh in people’s minds, and the others in the category were fantastic.