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Fox Hunters Marking Their Own Homework?

The stage was set: yet another huntsman in a long line of sheepish-looking bumpkins arrived at court to answer charges of illegal hunting.

Quorn Huntsman Pleads Guilty To Illegal Foxhunting

Ollie Finnegan – ex-huntsman of Leicestershire’s Quorn Hunt – pleaded guilty to Hunting Act offenses today.

Fox Hunting In Free Fall Since ‘Smokescreen’ Webinars

It’s been two years since the hunting world was rocked when the Hunt Saboteurs Association publicised the now infamous leaked Hunting Office webinars…

Hunt Sab Merchandise – Yule Love It

Here at the HSA, we have a bit of an aversion to men in red coats. However, we make an exception for Father Christmas…

Huntsman Pleads Guilty to Hunting Charges on National Trust Land

Daniel Cherriman, huntsman of the South Shropshire hunt, has pleaded guilty to hunting a wild mammal with dogs, contrary to the Hunting Act 2004.

Melbreaking The Law

Cumbria’s Melbreak Foxhounds chased a fox onto a householders roof last Wednesday 9th November. The hunt had already been reported to the National Trust for trespassing on their land at Whiteside near Lorton.

Cruelty, Chaos And Criminality: Another Fox Hunting Season Gets Under Way

It’s just one week into the 2022-23 season and fox hunts are already dangerously out of control.

Royal Artillery Hunt – a licence to kill

Hunt saboteurs and monitors have recorded a long list of incidents of hunting, violence, licence breaches on MOD land.

What to do if you see a hunt?

If you were out for a walk in the countryside and came across this stomach churning scene, what would you do?

Hunt Saboteurs Fight The Brutal Badger Cull

Since 2013, the Conservative Government and the National Farmers Union have spearheaded apolicy that has led to the death of 175,000 badgers, a third of the national population. This has ledto local extinctions in parts of the Southwest. In 2021 there were 61 cull zones across the UK, in which thekillers slaughtered 33,687 badgers. Unsurprisingly, […]

FOX HUNTING EXTREMISTS ATTACK SAB VEHICLE

Norwich Hunt Saboteurs have had one of their vehicles trashed in a cowardly night-time attack.

Absolute Scum: Seavington Huntsman Admits Hunting ‘Bagged’ Fox

Benedict Hood, huntsman of the Somerset-based Seavington Hunt, has pleaded guilty to hunting a ‘bagged’ fox that was dropped in front of the hounds. His five-strong gang of terriermen, who also participated in the abuse, appear to have got away with their crimes. Hood’s conviction follows a police investigation after footage of the incident was […]

Otters Under Threat From Hunters

The HSA is the only group to oppose mink and otter hunting where it matters – on the riverbank.

Blean and Gone: Another Hare Hunt Closes Down!

The Blean Beagles – a Kent-based hare hunt – has closed down following pressure from local hunt saboteurs.

Leveret Hunting: So Horrible It Doesn’t Exist!

It is less well known that there are around 60 packs of beagles in the UK who hunt the brown hare for ‘sport’.

Cruelty and Illegal Practices Uncovered at Nottinghamshire Game Farm

Shocking new footage passed onto the HSA reveals extreme cruelty and an alarming lack of biosecurity at a UK game farm.

Hunters Release Terrified ‘Bagged’ Fox In Front Of Hounds

Sickening footage passed to ITV News by the Hunt Saboteurs Association appears to show Somerset’s Seavington Hunt releasing a ‘bagged’ fox in front of the hounds

Hunt Sabs Mobilise Against The Cub Hunters!

Hunt saboteurs have begun the gruelling fightback against cub hunting, one of the hunting world’s most sordid secrets.

‘Beefy’ Botham Out For A Duck As Sabs Storm Peak District Shoots

Lord Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham is amongst the many grouse shooters heading home tonight with an empty bag, as sabs continue their rolling action across the north of England. Botham’s Peak District shoot was located in the nick of time. A line of ‘beaters’ – who use flags and whistles to scare terrified birds towards the […]

No Ifs, No Butts: Shooters Shafted On Glorious Twelfth!

On the first day of the grouse shooting season, hunt saboteurs have shut down a huge driven shoot in the Yorkshire Dales. HSA spotting teams were on patrol from early morning across vast swathes of upland England. As expected, those in the Peak District drew a blank: shooters there have learnt its best to stay […]