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 …
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 …
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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 …
Newcomers to Trail Hunting Week: A Very Awkward Recruitment Drive
14th October 2026 After last year’s embarrassing Farcical Friday, the pro-blood sports lobby group, the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA), has somehow managed to surpass itself in the ridiculousness stakes – and it’s not even Smokescreen Saturday yet! By now, you might have thought the hunting fraternity would have learned to exercise a little more …
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LATEST NEWS | Two men have been sentenced following offences linked to hunt activity in Devon
9th October 2026 LATEST NEWS | Two men have been sentenced following offences linked to hunt activity in Devon, including the illegal hunting of a fox with dogs and incidents involving careless driving and disorderly behaviour towards hunt monitors. Jason Marles, aged 44, from Chulmleigh, appeared before Exeter Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 23 September where …
Father and son banned from keeping animals for life after abusing dogs and using them to brutally hunt wildlife
8th October 2026 Bear now has a safe and happy home (RSPCA) A father and son who used dogs to brutally hunt wildlife have been banned from keeping animals for life after an investigation uncovered videos so upsetting that a judge refused to have them played in court. David Stanbury, 54, and his son …
The Law Catches up with the Lauderdale: Huntswoman Convicted of Illegal Fox Hunting
8th October 2026 Claire Bellamy, 51, veteran huntswoman for the Lauderdale Hunt, became the first fox hunter convicted under Scotland’s new hunting laws, following a case in which footage captured by Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs exposed illegal hunting taking place beyond the boundaries of licensed operation. Claire Bellamy after the incident. Image: Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs On …
**FIRST CONVICTION UNDER NEW SCOTTISH HUNTING ACT**
Message from Glasgow Hunt Sabs 5th October 2026 Earlier today at Paisley Sheriff Court, Claire Bellamy, ex-huntswoman and former Master of the Lauderdale Hunt, was found guilty under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023. She is the first registered fox hunter to be convicted under this legislation, making today a historic moment in the …
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Kemi Badenoch branded ‘out of touch’ for stance on fox hunting after gruesome video
3rd October 2026 Kemi Badenoch was last night savaged for supporting a hunt that has a member being probed over an alleged fox-killing by hounds. Footage of the apparent incident - deemed too distressing for Mirror to publish - emerged as Ms Badenoch prepares for her keynote speech at the Tory party conference. It shows …
Lessons in Hare Hunting: Inside Britain’s School Beagle Packs
1st October 2026 The private schools schooling children in a masterclass of wildlife criminality. Recently we revealed the full footage of the Stowe School Beagles during what school headteacher, Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, describes as a “huge variety of activities” available to pupils, including “field games…beagling”. Kennedy giving direction to the pupils The school’s Games Coach, …
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