Browse old press releases from the Hunt Saboteurs Association and find out more about how we have saved lives and the barriers we have faced
HSA News Release 24th November 2007 Anti-hunt protestors claim that this afternoon police ignored blatant illegal fox hunting and failed to prevent a serious assault against them. At the Essex and Suffolk Hunt, held at Bluegate Farm, Wherstead today (Sat 24th November) a hunt rider was seen to ride his horse over a female protester […]
HSA News Release 19th November 2007 In Swindon crown court today (19th November) two hunt servants were convicted of theft of a video camera from a hunt monitor. The charges related to an incident in October 2005 involving the Avon Vale Foxhunt, at Bromham, near Melksham in Wiltshire. The hunt had been putting their hounds […]
HSA News Release 1st November 2007 The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) stated today that they were ready for what would traditionally be the start of a new fox-hunting season. Despite media reports to the contrary, hunt saboteurs, who have over 40 years experience of sabotaging hunting activities, firmly believe that the Hunting Act is a […]
HSA News Release 11th October 2007 John Hawkins. Guilty of Greivous Bodily harm against a Hunt Saboteur On October 11th 2007 a Brighton Crown Court jury found John Hawkins a 69 year old Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter guilty of Grevious Bodily Harm, after deliberating for more than nine hours to reach a majority […]
HSA News Release 27th February 2007 Hunt monitors expressed dismay and horror today after the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, exposed only last week for hunting illegally in a new report by the League Against Cruel Sports, were seen to be yet again be blatantly hunting live quarry – ultimately leading to the death of […]
HSA News Release 17th February 2007 Violence erupted at a meet of the Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds today at Whatfield, north of Sudbury in Suffolk. After chasing it through a farmyard, over a fence, across a road and into a wood, the hounds caught and killed an fox. Hunt stewards then warned monitors that […]
HSA News Release 3rd February 2007 Hunt monitors present at a meet of the Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt were today subjected to a horrific unprovoked attack on them and their vehicle, leaving the driver with a suspected broken arm. The hunt supporters attacked the vehicle late on in the day, attempting to […]
HSA news comment 27th December 2006 Hunt figures enter fantasy league Hunting is apparently more popular now than ever – or would be if you believed what you read or saw in this year’s post-boxing day media. 300,000 people out supporting hunting? More popular than watching football? In their dreams! That’s over a thousand people […]
HSA news release 22nd December 2006 Petition and postcards ask Govt ‘For Fox Sake Enforce the Ban!’ The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has unveiled a new petition and postcard campaign asking the Government to enforce the ban on hunting, and the first postcard returns are arriving at the Home Office now ready for the […]
HSA news release 1st November 2006 Hunt Saboteurs write to all Police forces to say ‘For Fox Sake – Enforce the Ban!’ The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has today written to all police forces in England and Wales in order to ascertain current plans for enforcement of the ban on hunting with hounds. November 1st […]
HSA news release 17th October 2006 Sibley threatening cameraman at a previous altercation Frazer Sibley a hunt supporter of Bignor Park Road Nursery, Bignor Park Road, Bignor, West Sussex was found guilty at Chichester Magistrates Court (17 Oct. 06) of assaulting Christopher Black during a meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt […]
HSA news release 16th September 2006 Blatant illegal hunting ignored by Suffolk Police – Police target wrong side as hunt kill and protestors are harassed The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today condemned the activities of Suffolk Police after they ignored a hunt killing a fox, and then proceeded to allow further incidents of illegal hunting […]
HSA news release 8th September 2006 Call for police to target the real hunt criminals as case against 7 anti-hunt protestors collapses The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today called on both the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to target their resources on the hunters, not hunt saboteurs, after the dramatic collapse of a […]
HSA news release 5th September 2006 When the ‘truth’ is found to be lies… An open letter from Hunt Saboteurs Association To put the record straight (as very few journalists have bothered to ask for our comment on the seemingly endless recycling of an alleged attack on anglers in the North-West), the Hunt Saboteurs Association […]
HSA news release 25th August 2006 Countryside Alliance supporter assaulted a hunt saboteur A Countryside Alliance supporter has been convicted of attacking a hunt saboteur in clashes on the last day before hunting with dogs was banned on February last year. Farm worker, Wayne Spencer, 39, of Oakhurst Lane, Billingshurst, West Sussex, was found guilty […]
HSA news release 20th May 2006 A ‘mink hunt’ made up largely of foxhounds has recently moved into the Leconfield Estate hunt kennels at London Road, Petworth, West Sussex where they rent accommodation. Describing themselves as the ‘Wealden Mink Hounds’ they set off on Saturday, 20th May to hunt on the River Rother and its […]
HSA news release 18th May 2006 Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter pleads guilty to driving offences. “Hunt supporters are amongst the most law abiding, deeply rooted, most responsible citizens” (Countryside Alliance 2002) On what should have been the first day of the trial, Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter John Wesley pleaded guilty to driving […]
HSA news release 15th May 2006 One rule for them… On 15th May Douglas Hill, Joint Huntmaster of the Essex Farmers and Union Foxhunt narrowly escaped a jail term after being convicted on two counts of assault, assaulting a police officer, criminal damage and threatening behaviour after a four day trial. The charges related to […]
HSA news release 18th March 2006 A 999 call had to be made for emergency medical help today after hunt saboteurs were viciously attacked by both hunt staff and supporters of the Cotswold Vale Farmers hunt. Two saboteurs were taken to hospital, one with suspected broken ribs and severe concussion, the other with a suspected […]
HSA news release 22nd February 2006 Police action condemned as ‘ludicrous’ Hunt saboteurs who attempt to prevent illegal hunting, are attacked – and then arrested! The Hunt Saboteurs Association today condemned the ludicrous actions of police yesterday after they arrested 7 hunt sabotuers on Suspicion of ABH whilst attending a meet of the East Sussex […]
