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 13th November 2003 Hunters Whining, Press Obliging…Hunt Saboteurs Continue to Save Lives! (whilst risking their own) Contrary to the apparently widespread thinking in some circles, hunting has not been banned yet, and while politicians and press continue to ignore and mislead, Hunt Saboteurs continue to do what they do best – getting […]
HSA news release 27th September 2003 Huntsman arrested (again) after protestors attacked (again) A huntsman was arrested this morning at a meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt after 2 anti hunt protestors were violently attacked. 3 ambulances and 3 police cars were called to the scene at Graffham in West Sussex. A huntsman […]
HSA news release 20th September 2003 Saboteurs attacked and live fox thrown to hounds Hunt saboteurs who had saved a fox from death told how they were attacked and the fox was thrown live to a pack of hounds at a hunt near Pulborough, West Sussex at the weekend (20 September 2003). Hunt saboteur Paul […]
HSA news release 31st August 2003 Violence escalates as pro-hunt lobby attack protestors (again) The Hunt Saboteurs Association has made available pictures of the hunt saboteur taken to Chichester hospital with head injuries after he was attacked at a meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray Hunt yesterday. The still grab from a video shows […]
HSA news release 25th August 2003 Hunt supporters issue death threats in attack on protestors “We’re fed up of talking. You’re all gonna be f***ing dead and buried.” The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today warned its members to be on their guard after a group of anti-hunt protestors in Sussex were attacked and threatened. 2 […]
HSA news release 16th August 2003 Disappointment (but no suprise) after PC is cleared of attack on saboteur The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today announced its disappointment after a Suffolk policeman was cleared on 14 August of charges arising from an incident at a meet of the Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds at Chattisham near Ipswich […]
HSA news release 13th August 2003 Saboteurs Target Grouse moors August 12th is the first day of the grouse shooting season and groups of hunt saboteurs from across the country will be converging on the grouse moors of the North of England to prevent the killing of thousands of grouse in the name of ‘sport’. […]
HSA news release 31st July 2003 Persecution of fox cubs starts again. This picture has not been digitally altered other than to be cropped. The fox cub hunting “season” begins again on 1 August. For fox hunters it means the chance to train young inexperienced fox hounds with the lives of young foxes – For […]
HSA news release 30th June 2003 Putting the CON in Conservation Same bloodsport, different package – Hunt Saboteurs Association highlights attempt to mislead Parliament The Hunt Saboteurs Association has revealed that the bloodsports fraternity are trying to dress up hunting as conservation in what it believes is an attempt to mislead members of the House […]
HSA news release 26th March 2003 Saboteurs attacked at hunt of Countryside Alliance Director Three hunt saboteurs from Reading and London were today attacked whilst following the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt. The hunt had met at Bower Farm, Aldworth, West Berkshire and at around 3.30 p.m. the protestors were making […]
HSA news release 23rd March 2003 Huntsmen create their own war as they attack saboteurs On one of the last hunting days of this season, and whilst thousands marched for peace in London, hunt suppporters yesterday declared their own war as they attacked hunt saboteurs at various locations around the country. At the Woodland Pytchley […]
HSA news release 1st February 2003 Surrey Union Hunt – One Law For Them And Another One For Us The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today revealed that a hunt saboteur attacked by hunt supporters at the Surrey Union hunt on Saturday (1 February) near Guildford suffered a fractured cheek bone in 2 places. The hunt […]
HSA news release 19th January 2003 Chucking taxpayers’ money down the pan… We are continuing to highlight the extraordinary relationships between the police and foxhunts in Surrey, as new information comes to light… On 3 separate occasions in January (2003), police officers from Surrey have offered financial inducements to animal rights campaigners in return for […]
HSA news release 30th December 2002 East Surrey, Saturday 28th December 2002: 40 Police (including 2 mounted) 36 hunt riders 3 monitors No Sabs… And a rapidly decreasing budget! This was not a scene from a Benny Hill TV show – it was actually what happened at last Saturday’s meet of the old surrey and […]
Children should not be encouraged to Kill at Christmas The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has branded as “sickening indoctrination” a Countryside Alliance (CA) initiative called ‘Take a Young Person Shooting this Christmas’. A mailing intercepted by the HSA encouraged CA members to “Give shooting lessons as a Christmas present, hold a young person’s drive, ask […]
HSA news release 30th November 2002 Body of fox “arrested” after protestors attacked “Modern Hunting is not cruel and has nothing to hide” Today a fox that had been killed by the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt near Rowner farm, Billingshurst, West Sussex was driven away in a police van after hunt saboteurs who had […]
HSA news release 12th November 2002 Hunt breaches own Code of Conduct and attacks protestors Hunt saboteurs in Surrey told today how they were attacked by riders and a gang of terriermen and hunt stewards at the Surrey Union Hunt as they tried to stop them killing foxes. 3 saboteurs attended the meet at Capel […]
HSA news release 5th November 2002 Rocket attack on Hunt Saboteur’s home In the early hours of this morning, just after midnight, a hunt saboteur’s house in Dorchester, Dorset, had an incendiary device fired through the letterbox. The device, believed to be a “rocket” firework, let off a loud explosion waking neighbours and filled the […]
HSA news release 27th October 2002Pro-hunt police appear content to torture fox lovers rather than catch serial rapist Hunt Saboteurs are blasting the level of police resources directed at them during the Opening Meet of the Surrey Union Hunt at Ockley near Dorking, yesterday (Sat 26 Oct). Surrey Police have already had a budget cut […]
HSA news release 19th October 2002 Today hunt saboteurs were the victims of 3 serious violent attacks: A Hampshire hunt saboteur was almost crushed under the wheels of a Land Rover as he fell while being chased around a field at the Hampshire Hunt. Long Sutton, Hampshire, 8.45 a.m. A Sheffield hunt saboteurs’ windscreen was […]
