Chris Packham Slams Cruel Lake District Fox Hunt!

After countless hours of footage showing foxes being hunted, chased and killed, Avon & Somerset Police have finally taken action, charging three members of the Beaufort Hunt with illegal hunting offences.

Charlie Ford, huntsman of the Devon & Somerset Bassets, was found guilty of a Hunting Act offence at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 18 June 2026.This is the first time a basset pack has been convicted under the Hunting Act. The offence occurred on the 13th of October 2024 at

One of the many disturbing aspects of the recent drone video that led to the conviction of Stowe Beagles Kennel Huntsman Philip Kennedy is the way that he and others gloat over the hounds ripping the hare to pieces. This was an aspect of the video noted by Northamptonshire Police

We are now in the final week of the consultation into banning ‘trail hunting’ and despite hunts professing their innocence they are continuing to rack up convictions for hunting offences and violence. As well as the recent conviction of the huntsman from the Stowe Beagles for killing a hare, the

With only a few days to go until the Government’s consultation on banning so-called ‘trail hunting’ closes (complete it here), hunters are doing a great job of showing the public the truth behind their smokescreen – this time the damning evidence coming from a private school’s illegal hare hunt. On

The huntsman of a boarding school beagle pack pleaded guilty to illegal hunting last week, after shocking drone footage caught them killing a hare and then congratulating each other. Phillip Kennedy, 48, kennel huntsman of the Stowe Beagles – the hunt of the prestigious Buckinghamshire private school of the same

On Saturday the 9th of May people from all over the country came together to rally against hunting. At the event organised by the League Against Cruel Sports, Megan McCubbin spoke about how “every animal in this situation is a victim.” As the end of the government consultation into banning