Still sabbing the bastards
FOX SNATCHED FROM THE SNAPPING JAWS OF THE OLD BERKS* HOUNDS DRAMATIC RESCUE OF FOX CAPTURED ON FILM *The Chairman of the Old Berks Hunt is Lord Astor, the stepfather of Samantha Cameron A young vixen owes her life to the quick thinking and courage of a hunt monitor who literally dived in and grabbed …
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Shropshire hunt master Otis Ferry has been banned from driving for three years after appearing in court following an arrest on suspicion of drink-driving. Ferry has also been ordered to pay a total of £415 in fines and costs after being found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample after the incident in London …
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Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release October 24th 2012 Paul Standen, a supporter of the Ross Harriers Hunt, pleaded guilty today to assaulting two hunt saboteurs. Standen, who was on trial at Hereford Magistrates Court, had to pay a fine, costs and compensation. The incident occurred in March this year when the Ross Harriers met at …
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Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release October 27th 2012 The Southdown and Eridge fox hunt held its opening meet of the season at Firle, near Lewes east Sussex, today. It was clear from the start that they intend to carry on their practice of flaunting the hunting ban and launching organised attacks against any who oppose …
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An anti-foxhunting group claims its members were attacked by masked men for trying to spot animal cruelty. Police were called to clashes at the Southdown and Eridge Fox Hunt in Firle, near Lewes, on Saturday in which a number of people were hurt. One man was arrested on suspicion of assault. The Hunt Saboteurs Association …
THE chairman of a renowned hunt has stepped down from his role following his conviction for illegally pursuing fox cubs with hounds. The Honourable Johnny Greenall, son of the Baron of Daresbury, announced his decision in the latest newsletter of The Meynell & South Staffordshire Hunt, citing the court case as his reason. Greenall and …
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Wildlife Crime Investigators from the League Against Cruel Sports were ambushed and assaulted by hunt supporters in Cumbria today. The League deploys highly trained undercover investigators across the country to help detect and prevent wildlife crime. Two such League investigators were preparing to go home after spending the day covertly monitoring a local hunt suspected …
Five members of the Avon Vale Hunt, including a Wiltshire councillor, have appeared in court charged with breaching the Hunting Act 2004. Joshua Charlesworth, 18, from East Tytherton; Benjamin Pethers, 28, from Hoopers Pool, Southwick; Stuart Radbourne, 28, from The Common, Bromham; Paul Tylee-Hinder, 58, of Quemerford, Calne and Jonathon Seed, 54, of Chittoe Heath, …
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Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release September 26th 2012 This morning hunt saboteurs, from the Three Counties and Coventry groups, witnessed the Ledbury Hunt chase a fox down an active badger sett that had had most of its entrances blocked by hunt staff. The hunt had met at Redmarley, Gloucestershire, and were clearly observed to be …
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PRESS RELEASE FROM PROTECT OUR WILD ANIMALS (POWA) A car salesman who rides with the HEYTHROP HUNT, Thomas Edward Hastings Macfarlane of Wootton, Woodstock, Oxfordshire was found guilty of criminal damage at Banbury Magistrates court on 12th September 2012. Whilst Hunt Monitor Mrs Judy Gilbert of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire was observing the Heythrop hunt on …
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