30th July 2025 The Decline of the Hunt Uniform The HSA’s fashion correspondent reports. In the Deeply Conservative World of Hunting, What You Wear Matters. the Traditional Dress Code Is Highly Fetishized, with Hunters Agonising over the Correct Number and Position of Buttons That Should Adorn the Hunt Coat. Having a Ribbon on the Back …
Mink Hunting In Decline
28th July 2025 General decline of mink hunts Mink hunting with packs of hounds started in the late 1970s. It has its roots in the summer bloodsport of otter hunting, which also took place across the country’s water courses during the summer months. In 1978, the otter was granted protected legal status, despite the best …
Minister Commits to End Trail Hunting at Landmark Parliament Event
28th June 2025 This week an event was held at the Houses of Parliament in London, which was heralded as a momentous stepping stone and call to action to both MPs and the Government on the path to ending hunting for good. Many Members of Parliament and Peers attended a reception hosted by Seamus Logan …
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Making a Splash with the Ytene Mink Hunt
11th June 2025 As sab groups across the country focus on the last remaining mink packs, the HSA takes a river trip down memory lane to look at the campaign against the notorious Ytene Mink Hunt. Following the ban on otter hunting in 1978, the Dorset-based Courtenay Tracy Otterhounds had rebranded as the Ytene, taking …
A Stink on the Mink
2nd June 2025 Dove Valley hunt intercepted and packed up at sewage works. A four-way sab group deployment packed up the elusive Dove Valley minkhounds on Saturday (May 31st). What us guv? Dove Valley support in disarray. Sabs were out early checking known meets of the wildlife abusers. They soon spotted known followers lurking on …
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Message from Manchester Hunt Sabs 25th May 2025 Hunting still takes place across the UK. Foxes are chased and killed under the false guise of "TrAiL hUnTiNg", a smokescreen created to make illegal hunting look legitimate. Terriermen still turn up with quads and dogs. Setts are still being blocked. Wildlife is still suffering. With (hopefully) …
Hunt Saboteurs Association: Designed by Activists for Activists!
13th May 2025 Back in 1963, the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) was created by people who saw the need for an organisation using direct action to combat the evils of hunting. The HSA quickly grew around the country and as the years passed the organisation became more formal with a constitution and committee. In the …
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Dove Valley Mink Hounds – Get Swamped.
12th May 2025 The summer hunting (and sabbing) season is now under way, with a number of hunt sab groups stopping the Dove Valley Mink Hounds in Staffordshire on Saturday. Dove Valley surrounded by sabs. Image via Nottingham Hunt Saboteurs. The Dove Valley Mink Hounds had planned to terrorise wildlife along the River Blithe in …
The Hunt Saboteurs Association – Fighting On All Fronts!
9th May 2025 When the HSA was founded in 1963 it had one simple aim: to promote radical direct action against all bloodsports. We have never wavered from this founding principle and have faced down decades of hunt violence, corrupt policing and hostile legislation. Today, the HSA is proud to support over sixty affiliated groups …
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The Cruelty Of Mink Hunting: An Eyewitness Account
7th May 2025 Mink hunting is one of the most secretive of bloodsports and is hardly ever witnessed by outsiders. Legendary hunt sab and undercover investigator Mike Huskisson is one of very few people to have seen a mink hunt in action, having infiltrated hunts across the country in the guise of ‘Mike Wilkins’ in …
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