Catch up on recent news from the Hunt Saboteurs Association
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 […]
Philip Saunders, huntsman of the Pipewell Foot Beagles, was yesterday found guilty of illegal hunting at Northampton magistrate’s court. Fittingly, the conviction – only the second of a hare-hunting beagle pack – came just before the 21st anniversary of the Hunting Act. The case arose following footage taken by courageous wildlife photographer Emma Reed who […]
Two weeks ago, millions watched on in horror as Channel 4 News screened a major report on illegal fox hunting. The piece was largely composed of footage captured by hunt saboteurs in recent weeks and months. Today – the 21st anniversary of the Hunting Act becoming law – we take a closer look at one […]
Graphic Content Throughout In March the practice of spring stag hunting in the West Country will start again – though, in reality, it is only for a few short summer months that stags and hinds are left in peace. Over the last few years, hunt sabs have taken unprecedented action against the three West Country […]
You asked – we listened! We’re excited to announce that our new HSA branded insulated water bottles have arrived and are now available to order. Whether you want to keep your coffee hot while looking for fox hunts on a winter’s day, or your water cold and refreshing while sabbing summer mink hunts, our new […]
Sam Jones, huntsman of the Cottesmore Hunt, has been found ‘Not Guilty’ of fox hunting, following a two-day trial at Loughborough and Leicester Magistrates Court on 4th and 5th February 2026. The trial follows an incident on 18th January 2025 where the Cottesmore hunted a fox in front of Northants Hunt Saboteurs. Using techniques learnt […]
Last week, millions watched on in horror as Channel 4 News screened a major report on illegal fox hunting. The piece was largely composed of footage captured by hunt saboteurs in recent weeks and months. WATCH THE VIDEO Some of the most disturbing footage features the Beaufort Hunt – who count the King and Queen […]
Today is a poignant day for the hunt saboteur movement. It marks the 35th anniversary of Mike Hill’s death and the day of Keith Mann’s funeral. We remember our fallen comrades as two very different activists: one who was just starting off on his journey into animal liberation, and another who had seen and done […]
The day after the Channel 4 News report that exposed illegal fox hunting from Cumbria to Devon, the notorious Blackmore & Sparkford Vale (BSV) Hunt killed yet another fox and – in scenes similar to those seen on Dartmoor recently – a hunter wrapped the body in his jacket and spirited it away. In the […]
Channel 4 News Blows The Lid Off ‘trail Hunting’! Last night, millions watched on in horror as Channel 4 News screened a major report on illegal fox hunting. The piece was largely composed of footage captured by hunt saboteurs in recent weeks and months. Each of the incidents shown was deeply disturbing in its own […]
1st February signals the end of the gamebird season across the UK meaning this year that the shotguns fall silent on Saturday 31st January until late summer when the carnage will commence all over again. No sooner have the feathers of the slain fallen to the ground then the shooting calendar demands rigorous adherence to […]
Introduction With the Labour Government repeatedly delaying its consultation on banning trail hunting, the Hunt Saboteurs Association takes a deep dive into this deception and explains why it is so urgent that it is banned as part of wider reform of the 2004 Hunting Act. GRAPHIC IMAGE Summary ‘Trail hunting’ is a wholly bogus concept […]
Beds & Bucks Hunt Sabs are disappointed at a police climbdown following a vicious assault by Fitzwilliam huntsman Shaun Parish on one of their sabs. Parish smashed the sab in the face with his hard riding hat. Beds & Bucks, together with their colleagues from Peterborough Sabs, had been preventing illegal hunting by the Fitzwilliam […]
The HSA is today releasing a compilation video that demonstrates an irrefutable pattern of illegal fox hunting by the Dartmoor Hunt. The video comprises two separate incidents filmed by local hunt sabs and a third filmed by a member of the public whose New Year’s Eve walk was ruined by the horrifying spectacle of a […]
Hunt sabs from York and East Yorkshire Coast groups were subjected to a violent attack by hunt supporters on 14th January 2026, leaving one individual hospitalised with significant injuries. The incident occurred during a Middleton Hunt meet at High Belthorpe, Bishop Wilton. The pack was out of control from the outset, with hounds repeatedly ‘rioting’ […]
