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 12th February 2005 Injuries and arrests as saboteurs stop last legal hunts Today (12 February 2005), on the last Saturday of hunting before the Hunting Act is enforced on 19th February, hunt saboteurs were active across the country. Whilst overall their activities saved many animals lives, in one incident a large number […]
HSA news release 9th February 2005 Saboteurs driven at, ridden over, whipped but undeterred at last few hunts Hunt saboteurs were mowed down by a terrierman on a quad bike and then whipped and ridden over by a huntsman as they tried to stop one of the last legal fox hunts in Essex today. A […]
HSA news release 7th February 2005 Police ignore attacks on hunt saboteurs as they save foxes in Hampshire Hunt saboteurs today told how they were attacked repeatedly as they stopped a hunt from killing foxes in Hampshire on Saturday (5 February 2005). They also claim that police refused to intervene when a hunt supporter openly […]
HSA news release 5th February 2005 Police and Ambulance called as hunt saboteurs ambushed by hunt supporters The Hunt Saboteurs Association today condemned more violent attacks on their members and restated their determination to continue to sabotage hunt activities where necessary. The call came as around 30 hunt thugs at a meet of the East […]
HSA news release 29th January 2005 Hunt ‘stewards’ arrested after attack on hunt saboteurs Two men operating as hunt “stewards” for the Avon Vale Hunt were arrested on Saturday 29th January after attacking hunt saboteurs from Pewsey Vale and Bath. The stewards attacked 2 saboteurs as they walked along a bridleway between Great Chalfield Manor […]
HSA news release 22nd January 2005 Woman injured as ridden down by huntsman in Norfolk as saboteurs attacked A woman in her 60s, protesting against the killing of hares, was injured when she was ridden down by a huntsman in Norfolk today (22 January 2005). The woman was one of a group of hunt saboteurs […]
HSA news release 20th January 2005 Terriermen stopped from digging out foxes at royal hunt – What the royals don’t see when they hunt with the Duke of Beaufort. The attached pictures (20 January 2005 near Compton Bassett in Wiltshire) show terriermen with the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt attempting to dig a fox out of […]
HSA news release 19th January 2005 Surrey Police allow illegal digging of badger sett to take place Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) drop Aggravated Trespass charges against hunt saboteurs – but only after expert evidence reveals a badger sett was dug into with the full support of Surrey Police. On the 14th Feb 2004 at […]
HSA news release 15th January 2005 Cotswold Vale Hunt win most violent hunt of the week award Hunt saboteurs have told how, on Saturday (15 January), they were repeatedly attacked at the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt near Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire. Towards the end of the day the saboteurs had used hunting horn and voice calls to […]
HSA news release 8th January 2005 Women attacked with fence post by fox hunt supporter in Sussex Four women protesting against the Crawley and Horsham Hunt today (8 January) near Thakeham in West Sussex have been seriously injured after a hunt supporter first threw a bucket of liquid through their vehicle window and then attacked […]
HSA news release 5th January 2005 Arson attack on anti-hunt campaigner’s van as wave of violence increases. Simon Wright from Pulborough, W. Sussex was awoken at 4am on Mon 3rd January 2005 by an explosion at the garage of his 17th century house. He raced down to find his almost new Citroen diesel van engulfed […]
HSA news release 3rd January 2005 The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) is asking for a public explanation from Essex police as to why officers are failing to act against fox hunters who break the law. In recent weeks there have been a number of serious assaults on saboteurs culminating in a pregnant saboteur being whipped […]
HSA news release 1st January 2005 Old year ‘seen out’ and new year ‘seen in’ at hunts with more attacks on hunt saboteurs. Pregnant Saboteur taken to hospital after violent attacks on hunt saboteurs in Essex Today (1 January) at the Essex Hunt at Woolards Ash, Hatfield Broadoak, a hunt saboteur was taken to hospital […]
HSA news release 28th December 2004 Boxing Day violence and intimidation at South West hunt Hunt saboteurs in Somerset today told how they had to leave the Weston and Banwell Harriers in fear of their lives yesterday (27 December) as the hunt held its traditional Boxing Day hunt near Axbridge on the Somerset levels. One […]
HSA news release 24th December 2004 Windscreens smashed and dead fox dumped in car at Xmas Eve hunt Today (24 December) hunt saboteurs at the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt in West Sussex had the windows on 2 of their cars smashed and a dead fox dumped in the passenger seat of one of the […]
HSA news release 23rd December 2004 Hunt Saboteurs respond to Hunting Act injunction claim The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has responded to reported claims that the government will not oppose an injunction from the Countryside Alliance to delay the Hunting Act’s implementation, if the Alliance’s proposed High Court case to challenge its passing into law […]
HSA news release 19th December 2004 Hunt violence increases further as ban looms – Attacks in Dorset and Essex Violence against hunt saboteurs is escalating as foxhunters try to prevent disruption of their last 2 months of hunting. A hunt saboteur was ridden down by a rider with the Essex Farmers and Union Hunt at […]
HSA news release 11th December 2004 Saboteur’s wrist broken in attack at Essex Hunt A hunt saboteur was taken to Colchester hospital today (11 December 2004) after his wrist was broken in two places in an attack carried out by a terrierman with the Essex Hunt. The 33 year old saboteur from Essex may need […]
HSA news release 11th December 2004 Revealed – How hunters will try to beat ban The above picture, taken at a joint meet of the Essex Farmers & Union Hunt with the East Essex last Saturday (4 December 2004) reveals how hunters will try to beat a ban on killing wild animals for fun. The […]
HSA news release 10th December 2004 Hunt Saboteurs Association dismisses hunters’ claims of defying ban as ‘lost cause’ The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today dismissed claims by the Countryside Alliance that hunts will continue to go out in force after the hunt ban comes into effect. Dawn Preston, spokesperson for the HSA, stated ‘What we […]
