Here sabs are preventing an illegal dig-out of a fox which had been hunted into an earth by the hounds of the York & Ainsty South hunt. Sabs stood their ground – taking several punches from the terrier men in the process. The terrier men eventually backed down and left. They returned to the earth a further two times that day to try and resume the dig-out but sabs stopped them each time and stayed there till dark to ensure they couldn’t kill the fox. Five sabs were later arrested for “tresspassing to disrupt a lawful activity” and had all their changes dropped the day the were due to appear in court recently!
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