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 5th October 2002 DEER ATTACKED AND DISEMBOWELLED Hunt saboteurs today (5 Oct) looked on in horror as hounds from the Old Berkshire Hunt ripped apart a Muntjac deer in a field at Westcot, Oxfordshire . The hunt had met at Kingston Lisle near Wantage, Oxon at 7.30 a.m. to hunt young fox […]
HSA news release 28th September 2002 Hunt Master pays for new windscreen on Hunt Saboteurs’ van – ‘the convenient way to buy justice in Northamptonshire!’ The Master of the Pytchley Hunt was left £225 out of pocket earlier today (28 Sept) after his huntsman and whipper-in smashed the windscreen on a Hunt Saboteurs van. Huntsmen […]
HSA news release 12th August 2002 Inglorious Twelfth faces opposition from Hunt Saboteurs Hunt Saboteurs will be active on the Grouse Moors of the North on the 12th August as the Grouse shooting season opens. Past years have seen shooters staying away from the moors on the Twelfth itself following successful actions organised by the […]
HSA news release 1st August 2002 Boot on the other foot – Hunt Saboteurs to pursue Scottish huntsmen? Hunt Saboteurs in Scotland today prepared themselves for a new role as the Scottish Law to Ban Hunting came into force. They previously had to run the gauntlet of the police – and irate hunt supporters – […]
HSA news release 21st June 2002 Hunt Supporter guilty, but given “slap on wrist” after Attack on Policeman and Protestor. Hunt saboteurs in East Anglia are fuming after a hunt supporter guilty of assaulting a female protestor AND a policeman was given a 12 month bind over today in Bury St Edmunds. “This amounts to […]
HSA news release 16th June 2002 They must think you are stupid! Countryside Alliance exaggerate events to fit their agenda The Countryside Alliance (CA) was accused of trying to hijack the democratic process by releasing a fantastic ‘News Release’ today. The release urged people to contact their MPs and contained gross exaggerations of a minor […]
HSA news release 4th May 2002HUNT STEWARD GUILTY OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROTESTOR’S RADIO An unemployed gamekeeper was given a 6 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs at Corby Magistrates court on Friday (3 May) after he pleaded guilty to smashing a hunt saboteur’s CB radio. Mr W. Playford was arrested at a […]
HSA news release 30th March 2002 Huntsman Arrested After Attacks on Hunt Saboteurs Is this what they mean by a ‘summer of discontent’ in the countryside? A huntsman was arrested today (30 March 2002) after a series of violent attacks on demonstrators at the Essex Farmers & Union Hunt. The hunt met at Patten’s Farm, […]
HSA news release 27th March 2002 HUNT SABOTEURS ATTACKED WITH PICK AXE AND IRON BAR Hunt Saboteurs from the South West were today considering themselves lucky not to have been killed after they were attacked with an iron bar, whips and a pick axe at a joint meet of 2 hunts in Cornwall. 10 activists […]
HSA news release 2nd March 2002Huntsmen take out anger on protestors – Another Saboteur badly injured The Hunt Saboteurs Association is claiming that the prospect of a ban on hunting has caused an upsurge in violence against its members following another violent incident, this time in Yorkshire. Hunt Saboteurs from Leeds and Sheffield were present […]
HSA news release 23rd February 2002 Another hunt saboteur (this time in Cheshire) has been seriously injured by hunt supporters in an atmosphere of increasing violence from beleagured hunters. On Saturday 23rd February 20 members of The North West hunt Saboteurs Association (NWHSA) attended a meet of The Cheshire Forest Hunt which was being held […]
HSA news release 11th February 2002HSA Calls for Prosecutions Before Another Hunt Saboteur is Killed On 22 January 2002, hunt protestor Simon Wild was attacked at a meet of the Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt in West Sussex. He was then ridden over by a member of the hunt on a horse. The League Against […]
HSA news release 31st January 2002Hunt Saboteurs Left to Rescue Hunt Hound After Cliff Fall Hunt saboteurs in the North West yesterday (30/01/02) condemned the Holcombe Hunt after its supporters, riders and staff showed little regard yet again for the fate of a hound which was injured after falling 30 feet off a cliff. The […]
HSA news release 26th January 2002 Garth & South Berks Hunt: “arrogant, reckless and stupid” The Hunt Saboteurs Association yesterday condemned the Garth & South Berks Hunt as “arrogant, reckless and stupid” after their hounds strayed onto a main train line at Grove, near Wantage in Oxfordshire. The Hunt, who are closing their kennels due […]
HSA news release 22nd January 2002 “Let’s sort this out once and for all” A hunt saboteur could easily have been killed today by the actions of an irate huntsman. Hunt saboteur Simon Wild was grabbed by the huntsman of the Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt in Sussex and dragged along by his jacket. The […]
HSA news release 19th January 2002 Hunt steward arrested after attacking saboteur Violence erupted today at the Woodland Pytchley Hunt in Northamptonshire, resulting in the arrest of a steward employed by the hunt. Stewards employed by the hunt had been trying to prevent hunt saboteurs from following the huntsman, but the saboteurs had ignored them. […]
HSA news release 19th January 2002 Hunt saboteur hospitalised after being run over by horsebox at Four Burrow Hunt A hunt saboteur came close to losing his life today after he was run over by a horsebox at a meet of the Four Burrow Hunt in Cornwall. In an incident bearing horrifying similarity to one […]
HSA news release 18th January 2002 Dirty Tricks – Hunt Saboteurs Demand an Apology Sloppy Journalism, Malicious Stories and Short Memories As former JP, Jonathan Wilkes, is sentenced to 5 years in jail for making bombs that were “specifically designed to maim and kill”, the Hunt Saboteurs Association demands an apology for being mischievously connected […]
HSA news release 9th January 2002 Same Bloodsport, Same Attitude, Different Day! Prince William (Monday) at the Duke of Beaufort FH to Photographer before riding at him: “F***ing Piss Off!” Farmer (Tuesday) at the CL&C Foxhounds to sabs before attacking them with an iron bar: “You’re going to get the f***ing kicking of your life!” […]
HSA news release 31st December 2001 ‘Hunts should resolve to stop killing hounds!’ say Hunt Saboteurs The Hunt Saboteurs Association today called on all hunts to make a New Years Resolution to end the senseless slaughter of dogs used for hunting. It is common practice for hunts to put down hunting dogs after 6 or […]
