Still sabbing the bastards
31st August 2023 Ollie Finnegan, former huntsman of the Cheshire Hounds, was yesterday found guilty of two counts of illegal hunting. Finnegan was convicted in his absence as he arrogantly failed to attend court for a third time. Foxhunter Finnegan at the Cheshire Hounds Finnegan was fined the maximum amount – £1000 – for each …
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25th August 2023 Message from Raptor Persecution UK Twin brothers Alexander and Robert McKellar have today been sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow for their roles in knocking down cyclist Tony Parsons and burying his body in a stink pit on the notorious Auch Estate near the Bridge of Orchy, where their father had …
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23rd August 2023 Two hunt saboteurs have been subjected to a terrifying ambush orchestrated by thugs from the Devon & Somerset Staghounds. The sabs were on a public road near North Molton yesterday when the assault took place. Thugs smashed up the vehicle and gained access via the sunroof, dragging the sabs out and repeatedly …
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23rd August 2023 Police are investigating after a dog being walked on a lead was attacked and mauled by a pack of hunt hounds in Layham near Hadleigh It is alleged the labradoodle type pet was set upon after it barked at horses and hounds from the Essex and Suffolk hunt as they were being …
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22nd August 2023 Message from Hunt Saboteurs Association Mendip Hunt Sabs & Devon County Hunt Saboteurs have been attacked today near North Molton, Devon whilst keeping tabs on the Devon & Somerset Staghounds. Sabs have been seriously assaulted, their vehicle has been smashed up, and equipment including camcorders, radios, and personal phones has been stolen. …
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19th August 2023 Three hen harriers have disappeared from private grouse moors, a conservation charity has said. Their satellite location tags show they vanished from moors in the Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland and Cumbria. The birds, which can eat grouse and their chicks, went missing between 9 and 15 August, close to the start of the …
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It’s a sight that nothing can prepare you for; a large number of people dressed in a uniform, usually on horseback, using hounds to hunt down, chase and kill one terrified mammal. If you were out for a walk in the countryside and came across this stomach churning scene, what would you do? Hunts bring …
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13th August 2023 Hunt sabs from across the country have shut down a number of driven grouse shoots on the first day of the season – the so-called Glorious Twelfth. With specialist spotting units out across much of upland Britain from daybreak, it wasn’t long before a shoot was seen assembling at Heathfield Moor, Nidderdale …
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10th August 2023 Today at Wrexham Magistrates Court the ex-Wynnstay huntsman Christopher Woodward pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett contrary to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Woodward was ordered to pay a £500 fine plus £200 victim surcharge and £85 costs. The fine takes into account his guilty plea and income and …
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10th August 2023 A case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as bird flu, has been confirmed in red grouse in Scotland, according to DEFRA. Red grouse. Photo: RSPB Images The confirmation has appeared in DEFRA’s running tally of confirmed bird flu cases in wild birds, which is a spreadsheet that’s updated weekly …
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