THIS is the harrowing moment cops uncover decomposing wildlife at the home of a “sadistic” animal killer.
Sicko Daniel Taylor, 32, was jailed on Thursday for filming his dogs savage dozens of foxes, badgers, deer and pigeons.
Following the gruesome attacks, he would haul severed heads and animal parts onto a quad bike and take them home for trophies.
Acting on intelligence, cops carried out a drugs warrant at Taylor’s Nottinghamshire lair last year.
Chilling footage from the February 24 raid showed a hoard of 15 deer skulls, 14 fox tails, two deer heads, two sets of antlers, and a bag of wire snares.
Skulls litter tabletops inside a “slaughter house” shed at the Worksop address while a decomposing animal part sits in a bucket of bleach.
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A blood-stained quad bike and lamping equipment were also recovered from the home.
Taylor was detained, his phone seized and dogs found at the address were taken into care as part of the investigation by specialist rural crime cops.
When officers got into his phone they found a demonic trove of 31 videos and 161 images showing Taylor’s dogs savaging wildlife.
In the clips, the fiend can be heard goading his dogs to kill screeching wild animals as they’re torn to shreds.
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PC Mark Holland, of Worksop South neighbourhood policing team, said the videos were “the most distressing, cruel and vile I have ever seen”.
Taylor’s offences were committed in Nottinghamshire between August 31, 2021 and February 21, 2023.
He went on to plead guilty to four counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely foxes, badgers, deer, and pigeons, by setting dogs on them.
Jailing him for two years and eight months at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Mark Watson described Taylor as a “sadistic” man who “revelled” in the suffering of animals.
He added: “These offences cannot in any way be described as sport. This was a barbaric hobby of yours.
“These were prolonged and repeated incidents of serious cruelty and examples of sadistic behaviour.”
He was also banned from owning dogs and was told it would be seven years before he can apply to have this overturned.
Chief Inspector Clive Collings, the force’s lead for rural and wildlife crime, said: “Not only did he gain satisfaction from filming the barbaric activity, on occasion he joined in by holding several of the wild animals and kicked one of the foxes while it was clearly still alive.”
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