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
Mendip Farmers fail to show up for court date
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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RABBITING ON: ILLEGAL HARE HUNTS AND THEIR SEE-THROUGH SMOKESCREEN
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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Hunt supporter guilty of of assault by beating
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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CONISTON FOXHOUNDS AND STOWE BEAGLES KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
29th June 2026 Today, the HSA can exclusively reveal that Philip Kennedy, recently convicted kennel huntsman of the Stowe Beagles, is the son of Steve Kennedy, the longtime secretary of the Coniston Foxhounds, the fell pack at the centre of the country’s largest-ever investigation into illegal foxhunting. Stowe Beagles get angry at their bloodsport being …
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He Astor Be Kidding: Top Fox Hunters Try To Hoodwink Government
26th June 2026 As reported in The Times hunt leaders – including British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) Chair, father-in-law to ex-PM David Cameron – Viscount Astor, are plotting to hoodwink the government into making small changes to the types of scent used by so-called ‘trail’ hunts, enabling ministers to ‘claim victory’ without introducing the comprehensive legislation that …
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What A Holley Mess! CPS Hand Terriermen a Not Guilty Verdict
25th June 2026 On the 9th of June 2026, two members of the South Shropshire Hunt (now called the Shropshire Hunt), William Hand and Toby Holley, appeared at Telford Magistrates Court accused of interfering with a badger sett contrary to section 3 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Previously Dave Conde, another terrierman for the …
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Even more hunters charged
A Rubbish Day For The Bin-bag Beaufort – Three Hunter’s Charged! 24th June 2026 After countless hours of footage showing foxes being hunted, chased and killed, Avon & Somerset Police have finally taken action, charging three members of the Beaufort Hunt with illegal hunting offences. Whipper-in Mitch Prosser (rear) and Huntsman Will Bryer. Image © …
GUILTY! HUNT SABS SECURE FIRST EVER CONVICTION AGAINST A BASSET PACK
23rd June 2026 Charlie Ford, huntsman of the Devon & Somerset Bassets, was found guilty of a Hunting Act offence at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 18 June 2026. This is the first time a basset pack has been convicted under the Hunting Act. Bang to rights: basset hounds in full cry as they pursue …
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Deeply Worrying: The Stowe School Beagles
22nd June 2026 One of the many disturbing aspects of the recent drone video that led to the conviction of Stowe Beagles Kennel Huntsman Philip Kennedy is the way that he and others gloat over the hounds ripping the hare to pieces. Sick: Stowe School students gloat over the “worry”. This was an aspect of …
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