26th August 2024 With the Labour Government committed to banning ‘trail hunting’, the HSA takes a detailed look at this activity and how it has been used for almost twenty years to circumvent the law. GRAPHIC IMAGE ‘Trail hunting’ is a wholly bogus concept that was carefully devised to allow the continuation of illegal fox …
Hunt terrierman guilty of assault after spraying monitor in face with citronella
Message from Protect The Wild 23rd August 2024 Masked thug attacked 'lone middle-aged woman' On 19 August, a terrierman from the Tynedale Hunt was convicted of assault with battery after he sprayed a hunt monitor in the face with citronella. Northumberland Hunt Watch was monitoring the hunt on 5 February 2024 when the attack happened. The …
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Blackmore & Sparkford Vale ‘rent-a-thug’ issued with Criminal Behaviour Order
Message from Protect The Wild Shane Cooper banned from "hunting and owning certain animals" 21st August 2024 Dorset Police Rural Crime Team has issued a Blackmore and Sparkford Vale supporter with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). Shane Cooper pleaded guilty to assault and theft following an incident on 26 September 2023. He attacked hunt saboteurs and stole …
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GUILTY AGAIN! Criminal hunter Ollie Finnegan convicted once more
Message from Protect The Wild 16th August 2024 GUILTY AGAIN! Criminal hunter Ollie Finnegan convicted once more Fox hunter Ollie Finnegan is setting records for hunting convictions. He stood trial yet again this week, having been granted a retrial after being convicted of illegal hunting in 2023. Much to Finnegan’s dismay, he was found guilty …
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AMASS – Gamekeepers Gallows – 2023
10th August 2024 Great song by a great band. AMASS / GAMEKEEPERS GALLOWS 2023 Video by Iain Influx Recorded, mixed & mastered by Neil Combstock at Rocking Horse Studios, Durham on 01 July 2023. AMASS would like to thank Rich & Neil Combstock, Iain Influx, North East Hunt Monitors, Hunt Saboteurs Association, Lancashire Hunt Saboteurs, …
BEWARE HORRIBLE NEWS
Message from Mendip Hunt Sabs 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 - 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 5𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 2024 This morning, we witnessed the horrors of stag hunting as the Quantock Stag Hounds killed a magnificent stag at the start of the new hunting season. The stag was chased from the lowlands of …
Norfolk fox hunt trial shown moment animal is ‘pulled to pieces’ by hounds in family’s garden
15th July 2024 The trial of four members of a hunt has been played footage of the moment a fox was “pulled to pieces” by a pack of hounds in a family’s back garden. The CCTV, filmed at the home in Hingham, Norfolk, on 20 February last year, also showed a man jumping over a …
Top Devon cop says illegal fox hunting is rife and that must change
People are 'reluctant' to report offences, according to a chief superintendent 2nd April 2024 It's 20 years since fox hunting was banned in England and Wales under the Hunting Act 2004. The law came into effect the following year but as anti-hunt groups like the League Against Cruel Sports have long pointed out, the law's …
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Hunting: Warwickshire Police accused of “cover up” by MP
25th March 2024 From Channel 4 News An MP has accused Warwickshire Police of a ‘cover up’ over a secret deal they made with the Warwickshire Hunt. Earlier this month we reported how a legally binding order was imposed on the hunt following reports that their horses and dogs were disrupting traffic. We also reported …
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HUNTING SEASON 2023-24: A BRIEF REVIEW
25th March 2024 A piece like this can never do justice to the week-in, week-out efforts of sabs who venture out in all weathers to face down the hunters. We can’t cover, for example, the 58 hunt meets that Nottingham sabs have attended this season, nor the 55 times Salisbury Plain sabs went out to …