Still sabbing the bastards
12th July 2026 A major independent report submitted to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The National Anti Snaring Campaign is pleased to publish this important new report by Professor Stephen Harris BSc PhD DSc, one of Britain’s leading wildlife biologists. Commissioned by the National Anti Snaring Campaign and submitted to DEFRA, the report …
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9th July 2026 Warning: Distressing content A man from Stourbridge has been jailed after encouraging his dog Rocco to attack badgers resulting in suffering. Daniel Lea, of Belbroughton Road, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and handed a 10 year ban on keeping animals, at Wolverhampton Crown Court, on July 3, following an investigation and …
9th July 2026 In March 2026 the BBC reported that ministers had declared a national emergency in response to the epidemic of violence against women and girls. The report also stated that “the UK government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.” Violence, misogyny and sexism have always been prominent …
Message from Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs 8th July 2026 Huntsman Will Bryer, Whipper-in Mitch Prosser and Terrier-man Anthony Tuck of the Duke of Beaufort Hunt were due in Bristol Magistrates Court today to answer the charge of Section 1 Hunting Act, hunting a wild mammal with dogs. The case has been adjourned until August 5th. https://www.facebook.com/wiltshirehuntsaboteurs/posts/pfbid026s1BJFs5ewgjw48zLq5s1LQ7Nv7qjwoHmUypyWGRvA2LXWfXXY4Mo7rXF5Ymt1NTl
Message from Mendip Hunt Sabs 8th July 2026 After being charged with interfering with a badger sett, neither Huntmaster, Sam Colbourn nor Huntsman, Charlie Thomas appeared at the plea hearing yesterday. This relates to a case in Priddy in December where sabs filmed hounds marking a fox to ground. Hounds were allowed to dig at …
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Three in court for hunting offences 6th July 2026 Three men will appear in court tomorrow (Tuesday 7 July) following an investigation into alleged illegal hunting. William Bryer, aged 49 from Badminton, Mitch Prosser, aged 27 from Badminton, and Anthony Tuck, aged 51 from Chippenham, will appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court charged with hunting wild …
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Two in court following rural crime investigation 7th July 2026 Two men will appear in court this afternoon (Tuesday 7 July) charged with a rural crime offence. Charlie Thomas, 33 from Flemingstone, and Sam Colbourn, 35 from Chewton Mendip, will appear at Yeovil Magistrates’ Court to face a charge of interfering with badger setts. The …
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6th July 2026 The last few weeks have seen landmark court cases involving hare hunts, with the kennel huntsman of a private school beagle pack found guilty of illegal hunting after a hare was killed, and hunt sab’s footage securing the first ever conviction of a basset pack. Dirty handshakes at the scene of the …
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3rd July 2026 Pensioner David Carter discharged a paintball gun at two members of the local hunt after objecting to hounds straying on to his Ipstones wildlife sanctuary. The 77-year-old also confronted two members of the hunt Wildlife-lover David Carter fired a gun at two men involved in a hunt after hounds strayed on to …
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Message from North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs 2nd July 2026 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐘 – Fred Ford, aka Mouldy Hat, was found guilty of assault by beating at South Somerset Magistrates Court this week. During a cubbing meet with the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt, Ford pinned a female sab to a gate as she tried to access a …
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