Chris Packham Slams Cruel Lake District Fox Hunt!

On the 9th of June 2026, two members of the South Shropshire Hunt (now called the Shropshire Hunt), William Hand and Toby Holley, appeared at Telford Magistrates Court accused of interfering with a badger sett contrary to section 3 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Previously Dave Conde, another terrierman

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