One Less Somerset Hare Hunt
Somerset will have one less hare hunt next season, as the West Somerset Beagles are to merge with the Ilminster Beagles to become the Ilminster & West Somerset Beagles.
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Catch up on recent news from the Hunt Saboteurs Association
Royal Artillery Hunt Lies to Channel 4 News
In case anyone missed it Channel 4 News did a great piece about fox hunting on Tuesday evening (18th April), which went out during their 7pm broadcast.
What Next For The Avon Vale? Go Rogue Or Just Go?
The Avon Vale Hunt have had their final appeal rejected by the British Hounds Sports Association (BHSA).
Bolebroke Beagles Kennel Squalor
Neglected hounds, kennels covered in urine, excrement and algae-infested drinking water.
Take Action: Restrict Gamebird Shooting in Wales
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has just launched a public consultation on introducing a licencing scheme for the release of pheasants and partridges for shooting.
Staggering Cruelty in the Quantock Hills
North Dorset and Mendip Hunt Sabs were in action yesterday against Somerset’s Quantock Staghounds. Sabs intervened to save several stags but were unable to stop one poor animal being hunted to exhaustion and then shot.
Curtains For The Courtenay Tracy?
Wiltshire-based mink and otter hunt, the Courtenay Tracy Hounds, could be the next victim of the Avon Vale Hunt scandal. The Courtenay Tracy were kennelled with the Avon Vale at Lacock near Chippenham, but the hounds have been moved following the Avon Vale’s dissolution.
Fox Hunting: The Rules Are There Are No Rules
This week the hunting world has been rocked by yet another scandal after Cirencester Illegal Hunt Watch and Three Counties Hunt Sabs and rescued a fox from an ‘artificial earth’ in Cotswold Hunt country.
Cotswold Hunt keep “Bagged Fox” inside Artificial Earth ready to be hunted
Sabs from Cirencester Illegal Hunt Watch and Three Counties Hunt Sabs attended the Cotswold Hunt meet at Miserden, Gloucestershire and were able to save a bagged fox that the hunt had stored in an artificial earth.
Hare Illegally Hunted by University Hunting Group
Damning footage taken today by Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs shows the RAC Beagles blatantly hunting a hare
Hunt Sabs Turn Their Attention On The Summer Hunters
With the fox and hare hunting season now coming to an end, hunt sabs are turning their attention to the summer bloodsport: mink & otter hunting.
Fleeing Foxes For Friend Finnegan
On Wednesday the South Shropshire Hunt had their closing meet from Eaton Mascott. Hall. Previously convicted Daniel Cherriman had invited also recently convicted Cheshire Hounds huntsman Ollie Finnegan.
Another Hunt Bites The Dust: The Meynell and South Staffordshire Are Finished
On 3rd March 2023 the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt packed up for the final time in their 230 year history.
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Hosts Criminal Fox Hunt
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s links to the disgusting Mendip Farmers Hunt are well documented. His wife, Helena, was a former Hunt Master
Hunt Saboteurs Storm Somerset Hare Hunting Festival!
Hunt saboteurs have disrupted the second day of a secretive, week-long hare killing festival organised by the Somerset-based Ilminster Beagles. On Tuesday, sabs swung into action as around 30 hunters from the host pack were about to set off. On first sight of sabs, the hunters high-tailed it back to their kennels with one of […]
Long Run The Fox! The end of Scotland’s most notorious hunt
Glasgow Hunt Sabs celebrate the end of the Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Foxhounds. Within a week of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill being passed…
Lots Of Positive News Amidst The Violence And Criminality
As the foxhunting season lurches towards a dismal conclusion this weekend was another self inflicted disaster for the hunting community.
Avon Vale Terrierman Attack. Police Fail To Act
Wiltshire Police say “No Further Action” against an Avon Vale Terrierman who almost fatally attacked a hunt saboteur, after sabs prevented a dig out…
Good Riddance to the Avon Vale Hunt!
We are popping corks over here in Wiltshire. The Avon Vale hunt are dead.
Mendip Farmers Hunt Master Caught Beating Hound
“On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault…