Chris Packham Slams Cruel Lake District Fox Hunt!

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

At the beginning of this year the Hunt Saboteurs Association was sent some of the most disturbing images we have seen in over sixty years of campaigning against bloodsports. They show a young child having their face smeared with the blood of a freshly slaughtered fox by huntsman Conall McGrath,

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

On Thursday 4th June Phillip Kennedy, 48, kennel huntsman of the Stowe School Beagles – the hunt of the prestigious Buckinghamshire private school of the same name – pleaded guilty to the illegal hunting of a wild mammal with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2005 at Northampton Magistrates Court.

Cub hunting, leveret hunting and stag hunting all started during August, while mink hunting has continued over the summer, meaning sab groups have been working hard, whilst tackling hot and dry weather conditions. The HSA as a collective has also been busy exposing blood sports; as well as working in

Today the Hunt Saboteurs Association can exclusively reveal the full footage that led to the recent conviction of Stowe School Beagles Kennel Huntsman Philip Kennedy for killing a hare in November 2025. This is the first step in our campaign to shut down this hunt. The footage shows both the