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Complete the Government consultation on trail hunting before 18 June – use our guidance to submit your response.

SUMMER SNARING IS UNDERWAY
Spring has sprung and Summer is getting underway. Many animals have spent months breeding, and many of their young will be starting to wander further from their home. Out in the countryside, HSA supporters are beginning to stumble across signs of wildlife persecution on shooting estates. Season of persecution This

Three Weeks To Go: Hunters Pray That You Won’t Complete The Trail Hunting Consultation!
With the government’s consultation on banning trail hunting closing on 18th June 2026 – in just three weeks – hunters across the country are praying that you won’t find the time to fill it in. The Cotswold Hunt, for example, really don’t want you to complete the consultation. They want

APPEAL FOR INFORMATION
As mink & otter hunts take to the water, Hunt Sabs are appealing to you – our eyes and ears in the countryside – for information. The summer bloodsport season is well underway, with these hunts taking to the nation’s waterways from April to October to target mink and otter.

‘Savage’ Snares and Perilous Poisons: Welbeck’s criminal countryside custodians are at it again!
Hair raising footage obtained by the HSA shows an illegal snare set on a badger run, while a young badger cub grooms themself during their evening routine. The snare, set on the Welbeck Estate, was found close to poison boxes, dead poisoned rats and illegally set Fenn traps; all a

Four Weeks To Go Until The Trail Hunting Consultation Closes!
Coniston Foxhounds in the act of digging out a fox and ripping her to pieces There’s now less than four weeks to complete the government’s consultation on banning trail hunting. Please make sure your voice is heard before 18th June 2026. This week, we are urging any of our supporters

The Long Fight for Badgers
A family of badgers snuffle the ground, rooting out grubs for their supper. Alerted by a strange scent, they turn around to see silhouetted against the moonlit sky two human figures standing there. One is carrying a gun. They don’t understand what this means but know there is danger close

FIVE WEEKS TO GO – CHRIS PACKHAM URGES YOU TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL HUNTING CONSULTATION!
Last Saturday, Hunt Sabs were out in force in Central London, joining hundreds of others to hear Chris Packham urge the government to get on with the ban on so-called trail hunting. Describing the practice as “hideous and sociopathic” Chris said: “I’m now 65-years old, and I cannot believe that

The True Extent of Spring Stag Hunting
The Spring Stag hunting season finished at the of April, after two months of pain, suffering and terror being inflicted upon, not only young stags in the South West, but the herds that reside there. This season follows on from hind hunting which comes after Autumn Stag hunting. During March

SIX WEEKS TO MAKE HUNTING HISTORY!
FLIGHTS OF FANCY – THE BIRD OF PREY EXEMPTION At the end of March, the government launched its long-awaited consultation on how to ban ‘trail hunting’. This is a once in a generation opportunity to finally blow away that smokescreen and close the many loopholes in the 2004 Hunting Act.

ROGUES GALLERY
Our Rogues Gallery of hunting related offenses by hunters and their associates.

HOWL ARCHIVE
Dive into our archive of HOWL magazines, documenting the journey of the HSA.

HUNT LOCATIONS
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LOCAL GROUPS
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LATEST TWEETS
Unfortunately, there are horrifying levels of reports nationally about violence towards women from those in the hunting community, and these reports span back decades. This incident in particular took place in February 2026 at the Warwickshire Hunt.
Hunt member Harry Sawyer who
Violence against animals is the norm for hunts.
In 2021 Cottesmore Hunt rider Sarah Moulds was caught on camera punching a pony called Bruce Almighty. Sarah blamed the pony for the beating she inflicted upon him by saying, “Bruce is a child’s pony and I had left him stood in a
𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 '𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴'
In 2020, damning recordings were released in which senior hunters openly admitted that “trail hunting” is used as a smokescreen for the illegal hunting of wildlife.
They confirmed
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