Paras Attack Sabs
HSA news release 4th February 1995 Hunt calls in Paras to attack saboteursFive saboteurs injured in mob attack at Hunt Five saboteurs were injured at the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Foxhunt at Petworth Park, Sussex,
Category: Press Archive
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Criminal Justice Act Update
HSA news release February 2nd 1995 Two hunt saboteurs arrested at the Ashford Valley Foxhunt meet at Chainhurst, Kent, on 12th November 1994 were convited on charges of aggravated trespass at Maidstone Magistrates Court today (2nd February) despite serious flaws in the prosecution case which led defence barristers to ask for the court to rule […]
Hunt Drowns Deer
HSA news release January 24th 1995 Horrific video exposes cruelty of deerhunt Labour MP for Nottingham South, Alan Simpson, will be hosting a Hunt Saboteurs Association press conference in London tomorrow at which dramatic video footage of a deer being drowned by the New Forest Buckhounds will be shown in public for the first time. […]
Police left standing as saboteurs stop bloodsports across Essex
HSA news release 21st January 1995 Hunt Saboteurs today effectively imposed a blanket ban on bloodsports in Essex. In a well-coordinated and sophisticated operation, nearly 100 saboteurs reduced three foxhunts and a pheasant shoot in locations across the county to a shambles, forcing all of them to pack up early in disarray. Saboteurs hit the […]
Criminal Justice Act: Trial Update
HSA news release 18th January 1995 With one case of aggravated trespass against a hunt saboteur in Kent having already failed (Kent CPS dropped all criminal charges in return for a bindover), the next rash of cases are coming to court in the next few weeks. Current trial dates available are as follows: Thursday […]
Kent CPS abandons first Criminal Justice Act prosecution
HSA news release 12th January 1995 Kent Crown Prosecution Service demonstrated their confidence in the new Criminal Justice and Public Order Act earlier this week when they dropped charges of aggravated trespass against a hunt saboteur appearing at Maidstone magistrates court on Monday 9th January 1995. Erica Wirrmann, a member of Ashford Hunt Saboteurs, was […]
Hampshire police out of control at Berkshire hunt 10 arrests, but at what cost?
HSA news release 7th January 1995 Today at the Garth and South Berkshire Foxhunt’s meet at Mortimer West End, South Berkshire, Hampshire police officers instigated an “arrest on sight” policy against hunt saboteurs at what had been a peaceful event until their arrival. The Hampshire officers had been called in as Thames Valley Police only […]
Hunting Police Officer Steals Saboteur’s Property
HSA news release 31st December 1994 In amazing scenes at the Old Berkshire Foxhunt meet at Uffington today, a task force of 5 police officers from Faringdon police descended on saboteurs and bullied them out of the area. The squad was headed by PC Tim Dunning, who is a member of the Old Berkshire Hunt […]
Police chaos as resources overstretched by new hunt law
HSA news release 17th December 1994 Northamptonshire police were sorely overstretched today as they tried to cope with the effects of the new measures against hunt saboteurs in the Criminal Justice Act. Saboteurs in Northants had successful days at the Grafton Foxhunt, the Bicester with Whaddon Chase Foxhunt and the Woodland Pytchley Foxhunt, saving many […]
Essex hunt protest turns into police riot
HSA news release 19th November 1994 An otherwise peaceful protest at the Essex Foxhunt disintegrated into widespread violence against protesters by a task force mounted by Essex Police today. A group of around 200 protesters, including hunt saboteurs, travelled to the Essex Hunt’s meet at Good Easter, near Chelmsford, as part of a week-long series […]
Corby Police Farce baffled by new law
HSA news release 5th November 1994 Corby police today demonstrated their astonishing ignorance of the new Criminal Justice Act and total disregard for wasting public money in a bizarre operation involving over 30 police officers and several fire brigade personnel at the Woodland Pytchley Foxhunt at Stoke Albany, near Market Harborough. Some twenty hunt saboteurs […]
Hunt thugs resort to terrorism: Bomb attack on Milton Keynes Hunt saboteur
HSA news release 2nd October 1994 On Sunday the 2nd of October 1994 an explosive device was placed on or underneath the car of a well known member of the Three Shires Hunt Saboteurs who lives in Milton Keynes. The device exploded at around 09:00, destroying the underside of the vehicle. The timing and nature […]