Uglify \Ug"li*fy\, v. t. [Ugly + -fy.] To disfigure; to make ugly. [R.] --Mad. D'Arblay.
Specifically, how the London media have used every weapon at their disposal - cheque-book journalism, electronic eavesdropping, telephoto cameras, fabricated quotes - to distort and uglify the story of the animals' gallant fight for survival.