31 Dec 2018 11:30 am
A huntsman has been filmed by saboteurs apparently striking a member of the Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs during a fox hunt yesterday.
Wearing a red jacket and on the back of a white horse, he can be seen riding towards someone on the ground during the Cheshire Forest Hunt.
He then appears to use his whip to hit the animal rights activist.
Watch the video here
A spokesman for Cheshire Against Blood Sports told metro.co.uk: ‘It was awful and totally unprovoked, other than that we were present and spoiling his “fun”. ‘It has been reported to the police.
‘Yesterday was a very difficult day for both CABS and SABS with numerous assaults perpetrated by hunt members.
He added: ‘The clips show a Cheshire Forest huntsman deliberately ride into a sab and then attack them with his whip end.
‘This level of violence is faced by hunt monitors and sabs at hunt meets across the country, week after week, when will the forces of justice be used to stop this outrageous behaviour by the hunts?’
Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs added : ‘We called off the the hounds yesterday with Cheshire Against Blood Sports as they were in full cry and in pursuit of a suspected bagged fox.
‘We saw the fox to safety and a huntsman of the Cheshire Forest Hunt, couldn’t contain his anger and violently attacked our sab with his horse and his whip.
‘This is the reality of what we have to deal with when we spoil the bloodlust of these violent individuals, thankfully we caught him on camera on this occasion, yet despite us making three 999 calls on this day, the police did not respond to one of them.’
The Cheshire Forest Hunt was established in 1947 and they ride across country between Chester and Macclesfield.
https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/31/huntsman-charges-horse-at-animal-activist-and-then-whips-him-8295786/
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