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Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Gull in Disturbing Footage

11/28/2025

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Anthony Nurse, of Liverpool, was identified after CCTV footage showed him killing a gull in Blackpool last year.
Nurse later pleaded guilty to the offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 during a hearing at Preston Magistrates' Court in August.
RSPCA Inspector Daniel Tomlinson described the footage as distressing and highlighted frequent reports of cruelty towards gulls.

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Anthony Nurse, of Liverpool, was identified after CCTV footage showed him killing a gull in Blackpool last year.
Nurse later pleaded guilty to the offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 during a hearing at Preston Magistrates' Court in August.
RSPCA Inspector Daniel Tomlinson described the footage as distressing and highlighted frequent reports of cruelty towards gulls.