Still sabbing the bastards
22nd October 2026 A HUNT master and a huntsman from the Quantock Staghounds will face a three-day trial next year accused of illegally hunting with dogs. The staghounds’ hunt master Christopher Gibbons, aged 37, and huntsman Martin Watts, aged 63, denied the offences when they appeared in Taunton Magistrates Court on Thursday (October 22). Gibbons, …
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22nd October 2026 On the 12th of October the Quantock Staghounds met in West Bagborough, an area which falls within the constituency of Liberal Democrats MP Rachel Gilmour. Rachel has recently spoken publicly about her support for “trail” hunting, presenting what is a grim and violent reality as something that reads like a Disney fairytale. …
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21st September 2026 At long last, charges have been issued against members of a stag hunt. Huntsman Martin Watts. Image Credit Mendip Hunt Sabs Avon and Somerset Police have charged Quantock Staghounds hunt master Chris Gibbons and huntsman Martin Watts with illegally hunting a wild mammal with dogs in relation to an incident on March …
18th September 2026 Thirty-two years on from the controversy of the Barle stag, the excuses may have changed, but for the hunted stag the suffering is horribly familiar. More than three decades have passed since the death of the Barle stag became one of the most notorious episodes associated with stag hunting on Exmoor. Yet …
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17th September 2026 Message from Mendip Hunt Sabs Martin Watts and Chris Gibbons, huntsman and master of the Quantock Stag Hounds, have been charged with Hunting Act offences as a result of footage obtained by our sabs and North Dorset Hunt Sabs on 16th March. On this day, the same stag was chased for over …
9th September 2026 A terrified stag made a dramatic leap for his life on the 24th August, leaping over hunt supporters who were attempting to prevent him from escaping onto land where the Quantock Staghounds could not follow. Incredible footage of the hunt and the stag’s subsequent escape – albeit temporary – was captured by Dorset Borders …
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27th July 2026 In less than a few weeks the stag hunting season will begin, with the three remaining stag hunts in the south west, heading out to terrorise and kill mature autumn stags. This will continue until the end of October when they switch their sights to hinds. The autumn stag hunting season focuses …
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9th July 2026 In March 2026 the BBC reported that ministers had declared a national emergency in response to the epidemic of violence against women and girls. The report also stated that “the UK government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.” Violence, misogyny and sexism have always been prominent …
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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