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British Hound Sports Association Continues To Promote The Smokescreen Of Trail Hunting

Hunting’s so-called governing body, the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) has spent the summer trying to promote the smokescreen of trail hunting.

Guilty! – Serial Fox Hunter Convicted Again

Ollie Finnegan, former huntsman of the Cheshire Hounds, was yesterday found guilty of two counts of illegal hunting. Finnegan was convicted in his absence as he arrogantly failed to attend court for a third time.

And Then There Was One: Fox Hunting Is Dying In Kent

Local sabs are today celebrating confirmation of the fact that there is now just one fox hunt remaining in Kent.

Horse-hitting Hunter ‘Not Guilty’ Of Animal Cruelty

Cottesmore Hunt horse beater Sarah Moulds has today Friday 25/8/23 been found ‘NOT GUILTY’ of two charges of animal cruelty under the Animal Welfare 2006 by a jury at Lincoln Crown Court. Despite overwhelming evidence provided by hunt saboteurs and damning statements by expert witnesses

Hunt Sabs Seriously Assaulted By Devon & Somerset Staghounds Thugs

Two hunt saboteurs have been subjected to a terrifying ambush orchestrated by thugs from the Devon & Somerset Staghounds.

Warwickshire Police Replace Hunt CPN With “Gentlemen’s Agreement”

On Wednesday December 14th 2022, Warwickshire Police issued a Community Protection Notice (CPN) to the Warwickshire Hunt Limited after repeated anti-social use of public roads in Warwickshire. The hunt immediately put in an appeal meaning the CPN was unenforceable until the appeal had been heard.

Moor Trouble For Grouse Shoots!

Yesterday, hunt saboteurs shut down yet another grouse shoot in the Yorkshire Dales.

Bare Butts: Shoots Abandoned As Sabs Storm Glorious Twelfth!

Hunt sabs from across the country have shut down a number of driven grouse shoots on the first day of the season – the so-called Glorious Twelfth.

GUILTY! Leading Huntsman Admits Attack on Badger Sett

Today at Wrexham Magistrates Court the ex-Wynnstay huntsman Christopher Woodward pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett contrary to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.

Community Protection Notices – a new front in the fight against hunting?

Illegal hunting, road chaos, and trespass run rife in the hunting world, but police forces and local councils – with the help of hunt sabs – are increasingly using a new tool to combat this anti-social behaviour: the Community Protection Notice (CPN).

And so it begins… cruel stag hunting starts again

Autumn Staghunting is now just around the corner, with the Devon & Somerset Staghounds starting the first week of August, and the Quantock Staghounds and Tiverton Staghounds a couple of weeks later.

Moorland Massacres: Spotting and Stopping Grouse Shoots

In just a few days’ time – on 12th August -, the grouse shooting season will begin again, meaning hundreds of thousands of these moorland birds will be blasted out of the sky.

Killzone: How Our Moorlands Became A Playground Of Death

The HSA has a longstanding tradition of sabbing the beginning of the grouse shooting season.

Pure Poison: Shropshire Gamekeeper Caught Using Toxic Bait

In 2022, a gamekeeper in Berrington near Shrewsbury was caught on camera placing poison-laced pheasant carcasses near a release pen.

Herts Police Serve Community Protection Notice On Puckeridge & Essex Union Hunt

Today, East Herts sabs can confirm that the newly amalgamated Puckeridge & Essex Union Hunt has been served with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) by Herts Police.

Cubbing: Hunting’s Dirtiest Secret

During the summer months, fox cubs can be often seen in the countryside, exploring their surroundings with their parents close by. But those with malevolent intentions are also watching them, noting their location for when cub hunting – or cubbing – begins.

Hunting’s Rural Problem

And why the next Government needs to get a grip on illegal hunting. Unless you’re doing a very good job of hiding from the news, you’ll know that there’s a General Election on the horizon. Maybe not in the next few months, but likely within the next twelve.

Tanatside Tumbleweed

What is the best type of hunt? A disbanded one. Last year, the Tanatside Hunt, which traditionally set off from Welshpool on Boxing Day, disbanded citing “increasing urbanisation” of their hunt country as the reason they could no longer carry on.

The Trail Of Lies In North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Council looks set to join major landowners such as the National Trust and United Utilities in banning “trail hunting” on its land.

A Slap On The Wrist For Avon Vale Fox Hunters

Two members of the notoriously violent Avon Vale Hunt have pleaded guilty to wildlife offences yesterday, at Swindon Magistrates Court.