Catch up on recent news from the Hunt Saboteurs Association
“Terrier work, this is our soft under belly.” This was a quote from Mark Hankinson, former Master of Foxhounds Association Director, Hunting Office Executive Director and former Master of the Wilton Hunt. Hankinson said this during a Hunting Office webinar, during which the panel advised over one hundred hunt masters as to how they could […]
Yes, it’s nearly Christmas, that time of the year where we make our annual joke about having an aversion to all men in red coats, except Father Christmas. As always, we have a great range of merchandise to choose from as the festive season approaches. First off, we have some stunning Christmas cards in fox […]
It’s been just over two weeks since Lake District Hunt Sabs caught the Coniston Foxhounds digging out and killing a fox. It was immediately obvious to anyone looking at the footage that the cruelty on show was endemic and entirely routine – young and old members of the hunt worked expertly together to hunt down […]
Lake District Hunt Sabs Give A First-hand Account Of The Coniston Kill Hundreds of thousands of people have now seen Lake District Hunt Sabs’ drone footage of the Coniston Foxhounds ripping a fox – who sabs have named Ember – to pieces. The footage has been devastating for hunting, proving once again that trail hunting […]
Avian flu is an ever increasing issue. With the “outbreak season” just under way, keepers of large numbers of farmed birds must take precautions to reduce the risk of flocks catching and spreading the disease. Game Farms are no exception to these rules; sitting at a dangerous intersection between farming and wildlife, pheasant, partridge and […]
We’re just over two weeks into the main hunting season, which runs from the end of October through to the end of March or early April. Hunts are now meeting later in the mornings – a small mercy for sleep-deprived sabs – but the days themselves stretch on longer. As the ratcatchers get packed away […]
Last Wednesday, the HSA published harrowing drone footage – shot by heroic Lake District Hunt Sabs – of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a fox and ripping her to pieces. At least seven people have been arrested as a result. Today we can reveal that a key representative from the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA), the organisation that supposedly regulates and advocates for legal hunting, was present on the day.
Last week, the Hunt Saboteurs Association shared exclusive and shocking footage of the Coniston Foxhounds digging a terrified fox from its earth, before dragging out the poor animal and feeding it live to a pack of baying foxhounds in what can only have been an excruciating fate.
Hundreds of thousands of people have now seen the horrifying video – shot by heroic Lake District Hunt Sabs – of the Coniston Foxhounds digging out and ripping a live fox to pieces. One of the most disturbing aspects of the video is the that way that visibly young individuals – who would not even […]
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people were horrified by the video shot by Lake District Hunt Sabs showing the Coniston Foxhounds digging out a fox and throwing her to hounds just last Saturday. Since the video went live, the HSA has been inundated by people expressing their outrage and offering their support. It was apparently […]
On Saturday 8th November, Lake District Hunt Sabs filmed the Coniston Foxhounds in the act of digging out a fox and ripping her to pieces. Just weeks before the government’s hunting consultation is due to begin, hunt saboteurs have once again exploded the myth of trail hunting! When the HSA showed the footage to presenter […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association has produced a booklet titled ‘Witness The End Of Hunting’ which outlines our plans to stop hunters in their tracks or – at least – get them into court with a high chance of prosecution. With the government’s consultation on hunting to begin “early in the new year” this is the […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association and its affiliated groups have been actively opposing all forms of hunting with hounds since 1963. This means we have over sixty years’ experience of studying hunting in the field and developing tactics to sabotage it. Chris Packham helps to launch our campaign. As such, we are the only people outside […]
On Saturday 01st of November the Portman Hunt held their opening meet at Manor Farm, Manston, and within ten minutes of leaving the meet hounds launched a savage attack on a deer. Locals Against the BSV Hunt were in attendance and filmed the distressing attack on their drone. The convicted huntsman Shaun Marles did not […]
You may have seen recently that police forces all over the country have been posting on their social media accounts about how their rural crime teams are tackling hare coursing. Warwickshire Rural Crime team are promoting “OP GALILEO” and in a recent post described how coursing is an “unlawful and unethical ‘sport’ causing distress to […]
This morning, Wednesday 29th October, the criminal Fitzwilliam Hunt killed a fox while hunting near Keyston in Cambridgeshire. They met at Manor Farm and spent the morning hunting nearby with sabs in attendance. At approximately 9:30am hounds flushed a fox from a small wood close to the road just southwest of the meet. After a short chase the hounds caught and killed the fox. Sabs had no chance to intervene.
HOWL – the magazine of the Hunt Saboteurs Association – will be hitting the doormats of our thousands of members in the next couple of weeks. As usual, it is packed with news from the front line in the fight against all blood sports. This forty-page edition features articles on a huge range of topics […]
From north to south, the last few months have seen many meets of hare-hunting beagle and basset packs sabbed.
Between August and October or November these packs are ‘leveret hunting’ – a secretive pre-season practice where young hounds are entered into the pack and trained against young hares, akin to the better known ‘cubbing’ season carried out by fox hunts.
Last Friday, two East Northants Hunt Sabs were found not guilty of aggravated trespass at St Albans Magistrate Court. The court case followed events at the closing meet of the Cambridgeshire Hunt with Enfield Chace Hunt on March 8th, 2025.
Last Friday, pro-bloodsports lobby group, the British Hound Sports Association, achieved the impossible – they managed to make their showpiece National Trail Hunting Day even more ridiculous and irrelevant than last year!
The HSA had long ago dubbed the event ‘Farcical Friday’ but even we were surprised by its inept organisation and embarrassing turnout.
