Still sabbing the bastards
2023 is the 60th anniversary of the Hunt Saboteurs Association, the oldest direct action organisation in the world. To celebrate we’ve given away sixty thousand pounds, one thousand to each of our affiliated local groups. We’re able to give such a large sum because the HSA is run entirely by volunteers and all donations received …
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25th August 2022 Each year since 2017, the Hunt Saboteurs Association has co-ordinated a national day of action against grouse shooting on 12 August. This is the so-called Glorious Twelfth, the opening day of the grouse shooting season. For 2022, though, the HSA decided on a “week of action”, targetting shoots over multiple days beginning on 12 August. …
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Lord Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham is amongst the many grouse shooters heading home tonight with an empty bag, as sabs continue their rolling action across the north of England. Botham’s Peak District shoot was located in the nick of time. A line of ‘beaters’ – who use flags and whistles to scare terrified birds towards the …
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On the first day of the grouse shooting season, hunt saboteurs have shut down a huge driven shoot in the Yorkshire Dales. HSA spotting teams were on patrol from early morning across vast swathes of upland England. As expected, those in the Peak District drew a blank: shooters there have learnt its best to stay …
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If you have any info on any shoots or dates they will be out shooting please let us know ASAP on 07960 038230, all info will be in treated in strict confidence. Grouse and Pheasant Shooting and How To Sab Them Grouse shooting season : August 12th - 10th December Grouse are smaller than pheasant …
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19th June 2022 Grouse shooting is set to be banned on the historic moors that inspired the writings of the Brontë sisters, as part of what critics called a “manufactured and damaging” campaign against a long-standing countryside tradition. Yorkshire Water, which owns large tracts of land on Thornton Moor, is reviewing its practice of allowing …
Law change allows wild birds to be killed to protect game birds in England Certain species such as carrion crows and jackdaws can be shot after government updates guidelines. 3rd January 2022 Some wild birds can now be killed in order to protect game birds bred for shooting in England, after the government updated guidelines …
13th August 2021 Over 100 hunt sabs have disrupted multiple grouse shoots in the Yorkshire Dales on the prestigious opening day of the grouse shooting season. Despite repeated claims in the media that shoots were either delaying or cancelling their seasons due to low grouse counts we knew that many of them still wouldn’t be able to …