End Cruel Hunting for Good
Complete the Government consultation on trail hunting before 18 June – use our guidance to submit your response.
“I feel sick. Sick. What sort of psychopaths do this and more importantly why are this government allowing them to get away with it?”
CHRIS PACKHAM
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.
Mink Hunt Sabbing Is Go, Go, Go!
Last Saturday, multiple sab groups shut down a meet of the Derbyshire-based Dove Valley Mink Hounds, marking the first action this year against the summer hunters. The hunt initially snuck out early but returned to kennels when they spotted sabs. They later dashed out again, but with multiple drones, vehicles
Seven Weeks To Make Hunting History
Hunting Is Organised Wildlife Crime! With just seven weeks until the government’s public consultation on so-called trail hunting closes, the HSA can exclusively reveal yet another example of the highly organised nature of fox hunting wildlife crime. The HSA has discovered that Rob Shearring – a key protagonist in the
Finch Needs to Reform His Idea of What Rural Communities Want!
On the 6th of April, Reform UK Councillor and head of Warwickshire County Council George Finch, attended the North Cotswold Hunt’s point-to-point in Paxford. In the minute long video George claims to be “listening to the rural community,” and stated that Reform “is the party for rural communities.” What George
EIGHT WEEKS TO MAKE HUNTING HISTORY!
A month ago, the government launched its long-awaited consultation on how to ban ‘trail hunting’. This is a once in a generation opportunity to blow away the smokescreen of ‘trail hunting’ and close the many loopholes in the 2004 Hunting Act. This leaves you just eight weeks to complete the
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This week alone has seen news of members of three different hunts charged and put in court - all three investigations that culminated in hunters being charged with
Conall Mcgrath, convicted when at the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt, now moving to Ireland where it's still legal to hunt foxes. Says it all
Eggesford Terriermen Tom Bounsall and Jake Crabb were due in court last week, on 3 charges each of interfering with a badger sett.
They’re due back in court in October.
Eggesford Hunt Terrier men charged with interfering with a badger sett among a “raft of charges”:
Thomas Bounsall, 31, of Hessary View, Princetown on Dartmoor, and Jake Crabb, 29, of Penpont View, Altarnun near Launceston, each face three charges from the same day.
They have
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