Catch up on recent news from the Hunt Saboteurs Association
In a move that will surprise no one, hunting’s governing body – the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) – continues to give active support to the notorious Teme Valley Hunt. The BHSA website is currently hosting an advert for “assistance” at the Teme Valley Hunt kennels, describing the location as being “ideally situated in the […]
Distressing images throughout It’s now been three weeks since the government opened the consultation into banning the smokescreen of ‘trail hunting’ in England and Wales. We now have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the ‘trail hunting’ and close loopholes in the Hunting Act that are exploited by the hunters. While foxhunting dominates the popular imagination, […]
In a major gaff, the fanatically pro-hunting Daily Telegraph has illustrated a recent article defending “trail hunting” with an image of Ollie Thompson, one of the most sadistic fox hunting criminals to be brought to justice in recent years. Telegraph Thompson presents the smokescreen of trail hunting…and the reality. The Telegraph’s photograph shows the red-coated […]
It’s been just a couple of weeks since the government opened the consultation into banning the smokescreen of ‘trail hunting’ in England and Wales. And, although the fox and hare hunts have temporarily finished for the Summer, the grotesque cruelty of stag hunting continues unabated, with hunt sabs capturing some truly heart-rending images in recent […]
With a distinct feel of spring in the air, the HSA is today launching the first merchandise items to feature our new hare logo. There is a one-size-fits-all beanie hat and a T-shirt available in the usual range of sizes. And, in a refreshing change from our usual ‘sab black’, both items come in khaki […]
On Monday 16 th March hunt sabs filmed the brutal five and half hour pursuit of a young stag by the Quantocks Stag Hounds. The footage – originally reported in The Times – shows exactly how cynical hunters run rings around the flawed 2004 Hunting Act.
Less than a week after the government published its long-awaited consultation on banning the smokescreen of trail hunting, three members of the Vale of Taunton & Banwell Harriers have been charged under the Hunting Act 2004. The three are: Ross Cordery, 45 of Highbridge, Wayne Greggory, 48 of Taunton, and James Parish, 31 of Uffcume […]
On Thursday the 26th of March, the government opened the consultation into banning “trail hunting” in England and Wales. This is your opportunity to have your say. For over twenty years hunts have hidden behind the smokescreen of “trail hunting,” and have exploited the loopholes and exemptions that are in the current Hunting Act. “Trail […]
Hunters are taking to the nation’s rivers and brooks as the mink and otter hunting season begins. The remaining mink hound packs, of which there are around half a dozen confirmed to still be operating, will be taking to the nation’s waterways over the coming weeks as the new season of the ‘Summer bloodsport’ gets […]
Last week, as another season of illegal fox hunting draws a close, we highlighted the arrogant entitlement of hunts that allow their hounds to foul public areas. In over sixty years sabbing hunts, we’ve yet to see a hunter use a poo-bag to clear up the mess. Poskitt conceals the evidence of his crimes. But […]
On Friday 6th March 2026, the day before their Point‑to‑Point, the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt were once again caught hunting and killing a fox. This latest incident follows a recent Channel 4 News exposé which featured the Beaufort, alongside other hunts, actively hunting and killing foxes. WATCH THE VIDEO Sabs had already recorded a kill […]
On Saturday 4th October 2025 at Laxton, Nottinghamshire a hunt sab dashcamrecorded at least four separate incidents of dog fouling as the hunt left the meet.The pack was the Grove & Rufford Hunt who had managed to field just five riders. The hunt rampaged through the local village with no concern for other road users,with […]
A brilliant quota of more than sixty sabs, representing nine Hunt Saboteurs Association–affiliated groups, attended the closing meet of the Duke of Beaufort Hunt, with the aim of preventing the Beaufort from killing any more foxes. Sabs from Bristol, Cirencester, Mendips, Northants, Reading, Three Counties, Two Counties (Somerset and Dorset), Weymouth Animal Rights and Wiltshire, […]
Graphic Content Throughout As we have reported over the last few weeks, several members of an HSA covert intelligence unit attended a number of West Country staghounds meets in Autumn 2025. This final report focuses on the Quantocks Staghounds. At the first meet on 18th September 2025, our operatives witnessed a laughable speech from a […]
On Saturday 21st February 2026, the Cheshire Hunt met at Haughton Hall. Half an hour prior to the meet, an individual associated with the hunt put his terrier through an artificial earth in an attempt to flush any foxes harboured within. Hunting’s so-called governing body – the British Hound Sports Association – recently instructed hunts […]
Graphic Content Throughout As we reported two weeks ago, members of a covert HSA intelligence unit attended a number of West Country staghound meets in Autumn 2025. Last week we exposed the Tiverton Staghounds; today we focus on the Devon & Somerset, who were infiltrated back in September 2025. Like the two other stag hunts, […]
You may have noticed a new logo amongst Hunt Saboteurs Association releases and social media posts – one that features a running hare. This has been introduced to highlight the different species of animals hunted in this country and protected by the HSA. In the UK, brown hares (and sometimes the lesser seen mountain hares) […]
Despite claiming to be the governing body for all hound “sports,” it appears that the BHSA have little to no authority over the packs they are professing to govern. At the end of last year, the BHSA issued a statement, which was effective from the 17th of December 2025, banning terrier men and terrier work […]
Graphic Content Throughout As we reported last week, several members of an HSA covert intelligence unit attended a number of West Country staghounds meets in Autumn 2025. This report focuses on the Tiverton Staghounds who on each occasion were witnessed relentlessly hunting, brutal killing and ritually carving-up of mature, healthy stags. As with the two […]
East Dart Inn, Postbridge. 18 February 2026 Nearly a hundred years old, the Two Bridges Hunt Club annual meet on Dartmoor would once have been a prestigious event in the fox hunting calendar. Originally formed by the hunting men of the Royal Navy, with the naval city of Plymouth and Britannia Royal Naval College for […]
