On National Badger Day (6 October 2023) Lancashire Badger Group reacts to recent convictions for badger baiting, and shares a more positive story and photo. Ian Scott, Lancashire Badger Group's Sett Protection Officer said "Whilst we are pleased with the recent convictions of Brandon Lawler and Carl Harwood and the abhorrent sport of badger baiting …
Homes and vehicles attacked by hunt supporters
Message from North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs - 6th October 2023 The Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt went on a rampage last night targeting 2 sabs’ homes, trying doors, smashing car windows and slashing tyres. It seems that after six weeks of being constantly Sabbed, the masters of the BSV are feeling the pressure and have ordered …
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Britain’s pheasant shooting season has begun. And a year-round massacre makes it possible
6th October 2023 George Monbiot Class politics is nowhere more visible than in the protected slaughter of game, with disastrous effects on our countryside. It’s one of the bluntest expressions of class power in the United Kingdom. Like all expressions of class power, it has become normalised until we treat it as a fixed fact …