Chris Packham Slams Cruel Lake District Fox Hunt!

On 14 September 2026, former Prime Minister David Cameron joined the Countryside Alliance in another performance of defending so-called trail hunting at an event in Westminster. Four days later, on 18 September, the Heythrop Hunt – a hunt Cameron has ridden with and was seen attending earlier this year –

Claire Bellamy, 51, veteran huntswoman for the Lauderdale Hunt, became the first fox hunter convicted under Scotland’s new hunting laws, following a case in which footage captured by Glasgow Hunt Saboteurs exposed illegal hunting taking place beyond the boundaries of licensed operation. On Monday, 5 October 2026, Bellamy, the former

Thanks to Wiltshire Hunt Sabs for this guest post, who, alongside Cirencester Illegal Hunt Watch, Bristol Hunt Sabs and Bath Hunt Sabs, have been keeping the pressure on the Beaufort Hunt. The Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt is one of Britain’s most prominent fox hunts and has been terrorising wildlife across

The private schools schooling children in a masterclass of wildlife criminality. Recently we revealed the full footage of the Stowe School Beagles during what school headteacher, Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, describes as a “huge variety of activities” available to pupils, including “field games…beagling”. The school’s Games Coach, Phillip Kennedy, was in

Eggesford Hunt huntsman Jason Marles has been convicted of illegally hunting a fox with hounds following an incident captured on drone footage during the hunt’s Boxing Day meet in December 2025. Marles, 44, pleaded guilty to hunting a wild mammal with dogs at Pudson Farm, near Okehampton, when he appeared

Three people associated with the Mendip Farmers Hunt have pleaded not guilty to hunting a wild mammal with dogs. Emma Clothier, Charlie Thomas and Bill Payne appeared at Taunton Deane Magistrates’ Court on 15 September 2026. All three pleaded not guilty and are due to face trial on 15 September

Cub hunting or ‘autumn hunting’ as it is referred to by hunts, has been underway for a few weeks now and already we are seeing overwhelming reports of foxes running for their lives and aggressive behaviour from hunts whose illegal activity is being exposed. On the 15th of September the

At long last, charges have been issued against members of a stag hunt.  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 16, 2026. Watts faces a further

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