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<p>'It is heartbreaking to know that at least 2,500 defenceless badgers are persecuted and die in such an horrific way every year.'</p>

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Apart from the poisoning birds of prey, badger baiting is one of the biggest wildlife crimes in this country, but it's very hard to catch those responsible in the act and even harder to prosecute.  Sorcha Crowley reports
<p>AGSI Deputy General Secretary Ronan Clogher with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee before she addressed the conference. Picture: Conor McKeown</p>

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<p>The activists took secret recordings of conditions on the pig farms, which they described as 'blatant cruelty'.</p>

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