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Hit Report 10.02.2018 Oakley Hunt, Lodge Farm, Rushden
*HUNT SUPPORTERS TRAP AND ATTACK SAB VEHICLE
Today ended in drama for North Cambs Hunt Sabs, after a successful sab outing to the Oakley Hunt with Beds & Bucks Hunt Sabs and Cambridge Hunt Saboteurs, North Cambs went to check on a sighting of the Fitzwilliam, in Lutton near Huntingdon.
The North Cambs four wheel drive was pursued, obstructed, blocked and violently attacked by hunt supporters with metal tools.
The windscreen, side, and rear windows were all smashed, occupants received injuries from the shattering glass and hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused to our vehicle.
Of course, sab vehicles are well kitted out with video recording equipment, and this is now a police matter, with clear images of the assailants and their cars handed over to Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
The earlier part of the day, however, had unfolded much more favourably for the team.
Attending a meet of the Oakley Hunt at Lodge Farm near Rushden, Northants, North Cambs and Cambridge Sabs worked with Bed & Bucks to contain the riders and hounds and prevent any serious hunting happening all day.
Heavy, sodden clay fields made the going difficult for activists on foot, but with multiple teams out making use of vehicle support, the hunt was not out of sight for long at any time. Jack Harris and Ray Pipe were forced to push on time and time again to the next draw as sabs found them and called their hounds back, out of harm’s way.
Two foxes were seen to safety by the different teams working today, and as this time of year is when foxes have paired up and with pregnant vixens laying low in dens, others will have not been far away.
By 2.30pm, with most of the field calling it a day in dire conditions, the pack and huntsman trudged back to kennels at Melchbourne, under the watchful eye of a sab vehicle escort.
A solid days sabbing had been achieved, before things turned south when North Cambs headed back to Cambridgeshire and ran into the Fitzwilliam – Milton Hunt support.
The hardy NC vehicle has suffered substantial and costly damage. All repairable, of course, this will not stop us in our battle to stop cruelty to wildlife wherever we find it.
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