The people behind these stories all have one thing in common (apart from an enthusiasm for guns) - an arrogant belief that the lives of other animals cannot possibly be worth as much as their own pleasure. The animals whose lives are in question also have something in common - they have all been persecuted to the edge of extinction in the UK.

A £1,000 reward is being offered after a 16-year-old boy was left in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the back. The teenager wa...

A man found shot dead alongside his female partner was a retired police inspector of 30 years' service, a detective has said. The pair were found d...

A 43-year-old police officer from a unit that guards the Prime Minister and other high profile figures has been found dead from gunshot wounds. The...

A teenager died and a man was injured after they were gunned down in a street. The pair were shot in Hindrey Road, Clapton, east London, at 8.20pm ...

The family of a man who was filmed being shot dead outside a nightclub has slammed a website which continues to host the footage as "disgusting". ...

The mothers of two teenage girls who were shot dead outside a new year party used the 10th anniversary of their daughters' deaths today to urge young ...

America has experienced a dreadful loss of young and innocent lives after the murderous shooting rampage in Connecticut. Such incidents are not unique to America but surely what matters is what a nation does to stop these things happening again.

From tragedy in the US to tragedy closer to home, the clamour for answers in the wake of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha continued this week with calls for an inquiry into both how the hospital handled the prank call that preceded her suicide, and also practices at the radio station where the calls where made from. With the revelation this weekend that three different suicide notes were left, including one which allegedly criticised colleagues at the King Edward VII hospital where Jacintha worked, and where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated, those calls for answers are not going away.

A hitman accused of pulling the trigger in the murder of newlywed Anni Dewani during her South African honeymoon has been convicted of murder. Pros...

An army bomb disposal unit was called to the house of family who were victims of a gun attack in the French alps on Monday morning amid "concerns" ove...

A couple who were arrested after a shooting incident during a burglary at their home will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have announced. Th...

Police are investigating a mass shooting outside the Empire State Building in New York, with reports of two dead and nine injured. Officials confir...

A man has been arrested at the Olympic shooting competition on suspicion of assault. The incident took place at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woo...

One man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a street shooting in Liverpool. The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was declared de...

Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering a couple who were shot dead at a house have been released on bail. West Midlands Police said the 23-y...

Last weekend was a bloody weekend for Finland: again there was a young man shooting randomly at people. Two 18 year-olds, man and woman, died in the shooting, and 7 more were badly injured.

Two men have been given life sentences for shooting a father of four dead after a "trivial argument" in a queue at McDonald's. One of the murderers...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenager who was gunned down outside a pub. Malakai McKenzie, 19, was shot in...

A man and a woman whose bodies were found at a semi-detached house in Nottingham died from gunshot wounds, police have confirmed. Nottinghamshire P...

Police have released CCTV images of the person suspected of the attempted murder of a wealthy Russian banker. German Gorbuntsov was shot a number ...

Having spent a year in hospital after being shot in Stockwell, six-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran says she can't wait to get back to normal and dance ag...