Prosecution begins of Quantock Staghounds members accused of illegal hunting

22nd October 2026 A HUNT master and a huntsman from the Quantock Staghounds will face a three-day trial next year accused of illegally hunting with dogs. The staghounds’ hunt master Christopher Gibbons, aged 37, and huntsman Martin Watts, aged 63, denied the offences when they appeared in Taunton Magistrates Court on Thursday (October 22). Gibbons, …

HORROR AS FLEEING HUNTED STAG COLLIDES WITH CAR CARRYING WOMAN AND CHILD

22nd October 2026 On the 12th of October the Quantock Staghounds met in West Bagborough, an area which falls within the constituency of Liberal Democrats MP Rachel Gilmour. Rachel has recently spoken publicly about her support for “trail” hunting, presenting what is a grim and violent reality as something that reads like a Disney fairytale. …

Three convicted of hare coursing in landmark Herts case

21st October 2026 Three men have been convicted of hare coursing in what is believed to be Hertfordshire’s first successful prosecution for the offence. The convictions follow an incident at Hunsdon Airfield on November 22, 2025, when police were called to reports of hare coursing involving a silver Nissan Qashqai. Officers detained three men at …

Drone footage captures men catapulting pheasants

21st October 2026 Watch the short video here but BEWARE contains some upsetting scenes Poachers have been filmed catapulting pheasants in footage from drones which were operated by police-trained volunteers. The incident happened on farmland at Linkenholt, north Hampshire, on 7 October. One of the men, from Dibden Purlieu, was later visited by police and …

Dumfries man pleads guilty to ‘one of worst cases’ of animal fighting at Dumfries Court

21st October 2026 A man has pleaded guilty to what the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) has described as 'one of the most serious cases of animal fighting'. 25-year-old Ryan Cringean, from Locharbriggs, near Dumfries, used a lurcher and Patterdale Terrier to kill a variety of wild animals, including badgers, …

TEEN WITH ‘LOVE OF ANIMALS’ FILMED DOGS RIPPING APART BADGER IN TORTURE ATTACK

21st October 2026 A court has heard harrowing details of how teenager Max O’Neill filmed 2 dogs ripping apart a badger before he then stamped on the helpless animal, in what has been described as an act of ‘torture’. O’Neill, 18, now of Southfield Gardens in Haylands, appeared at the Isle of Wight Youth Court …

Smokescreen Saturday Exposed

Chris Packham Blasts The Quorn Hunt Over Sickening Fox Cruelty That Blows Apart Trail Hunting’s Biggest Lie 20th October 2026 When we showed wildlife campaigner Chris Packham the sickening footage of the Quorn Hunt, his response was damning: “Another bloody year, another bloodied body, another animal tortured and torn to pieces to gratify the bloodlust …

Doncaster friends who used dogs to hunt and kill wildlife are sentenced

19th October 2026 The pair’s dogs were injured during the wildlife hunts Two Doncaster friends have been sentenced for using their dogs to hunt wildlife and failing to get them treated for injuries sustained during the illegal hunting. Lewis Richard Wray, previously of Runnymede Road, Intake, faced 13 offences, including docking puppies’ tails, failing to …

Police investigate killing of fox at hunt meeting near Melton Mowbray

19th October 2026 Police are investigating reports that a fox was illegally killed during a meeting of the Quorn Hunt near Melton Mowbray on Friday. Members of Northants Hunt Saboteurs – an animal rights group – say they observed the incident using a drone camera and they reported it to Leicestershire Police. Footage of the …

All Warning, No Action?

17th October 2026 As more hunts receive police warnings and notices, are they a route to meaningful action, or a substitute for it? Many of you cannot have failed to notice that we are writing more and more about hunts being issued with Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) and, occasionally, the CPW’s big sister, the Community …