Catch up on recent news from the Hunt Saboteurs Association
The problem with telling a lie is that you often have to cover it up with another, then another and another. Before you know it, you have a whole pack of lies running out of control! This is exactly the situation the Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) and the Countryside Alliance (CA) have got themselves […]
The Larsen trap is a cage made of wire mesh and a wooden or metal frame in which a live bird is used to lure in other birds (this works at the times of the year when corvids are territorial, between spring and autumn. The distressed prisoner in the Larsen will attract the resident birds […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association are calling for a boycott of AXA insurance due to their involvement with the hunting community. As first revealed by Hunting Leaks, AXA provide legal fee insurance for every fox, hare and stag hunt in the UK. This policy covers Hunting Act offences and violence towards hunt saboteurs. Every time an […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association are pleased to be partnered with the abillionveg app to promote vegan food and to raise funds for hunt sabotage! You can help us raise funds by following these simple steps: 1) Download the abillionvegapp onto your smartphone2) Setup a login3) Start to review any and all vegan food you buy […]
Australia: Foster’s lager, barbeques, beaches, and larrikinisms. Well, at least that’s what is sold to you. Steve Irwin and Crocodile Dundee. Amazing wildlife found only in Australia. What they don’t tell you, and is sadly not restricted to Australia, is that our government does not care about our wildlife. We’ve battled debilitating drought and exhausting […]
HOWL – the magazine of the Hunt Saboteurs Association – will be hitting the doormats of our thousands of members in the next week or so. As usual, it is packed with news from the front line in the fight against all blood sports. This forty-page edition features articles on a huge range of topics […]
Whether it’s your first cuppa in the morning or one relaxing reading the latest HOWL before bed you can show your support with one of the new HSA mugs! Featuring the fox silhouette with grungy Sabotage font along with the classic HSA logo it’ll be a popular choice for all wildlife lovers mug cupboards. As […]
For the past two months sabs have continued their summer of action against the elusive mink hunts. Northern groups have intensified their campaign against the Northern Counties Mink Hunt, kennel watching them every week and receiving plenty of tip-offs from fed up locals. The hunt appear to have been staying at home on Saturdays to […]
With regret, the HSA committee has decided to cancel this year’s AGM due to be held at Reading International Solidarity Centre on 24th July 2021. The safety of sabs, supporters and the public are our priority and continued uncertainty around Covid-19 means that we do not feel it can go ahead. In normal times, the […]
In March 2021, a newly built artificial fox earth was discovered in woodland in Cambridgeshire, on land frequented by the Fitzwilliam Hunt of Peterborough. This location was less than one mile from two regular hunt meet locations. This hunt have been known to make active use of artificial fox earths, as terriermen have been witnessed […]
HSA supporters will not want to miss the UK launch of new documentary On The Wild Side. The film, by Giacomo Giorgi, will be screened on Wednesday 26th May 2021 at 19:30 BST. All over the world, humans continue to view the hunting of animals as a hobby. No longer a fundamental tool for survival, […]
Update 11.05.21:As expected Huntsman Jonathon Seed won the PCC election in Wiltshire. Due to him being disbarred it is looking likely there will be another election, possibly at a cost of around 1.5 million pounds. Our campaign against him was very public, and our posts about him having past convictions were seen by around eighty […]
Hunting and pollution drove otters to the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but now they are back. Their widespread return to our waterways is one of few recent successes for Britain’s beleaguered wildlife. Yet instead of celebrating the return of this beautiful animal, extremist anglers have launched a petition to have its legal protections […]
This week hunting has once again made the national headlines. Two masters of the prestigious Quorn Hunt have been sacked following the HSA’s exposé that they organised a ‘birthday hunt’ for one of their masters back in March. Yes, while the rest of us were observing lockdown, multi-millionaire Joss Hanbury and his mates were out […]
Sabs have launched their summer season in style with a rout of the Dove Valley Mink Hounds. Sabs from Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester and Calder Valley converged on the hunt meet at the Carington Arms, Ashby Folville, Leicestershire and stopped the hunt before it had even started. A tip off from a pro hunt local […]
For decades the Countryside Alliance, Hunting Office, Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) and various hunts have claimed that hunting hounds are rehomed when they start to slow down. They deny as nonsense that sick hounds are killed and claim to have very regular visits from the vet. Anti-hunt campaigners have long argued the opposite and […]
In recently leaked minutes from the Hunting Office, those running hunting in the UK detail money set aside specifically to gain power and influence over police forces. The Hunting Office are well connected and well funded, and are funnelling money into the campaigns of hunters and hunt supporters who want to become Police and Crime […]
As spring arrives and the foxhunting season comes to an end, we might hope for some reprieve for foxes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen. The ‘off’ season is, in fact, one of the busiest times for the hunt as they prepare a new set of victims for the autumn. Fox hunting has never been about the […]
The HSA would like to thank the Sinnington Hunt For their full and frank admission that they have been illegally hunting and for dropping the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent foxhounds so deeply in the mire. Yet again, Hunting Leaks have obtained documentary evidence to support what we have known all along: hunts are […]
As revealed by Hunting Leaks, AXA provide insurance for every hunts legal fees. This policy covers Hunting Act offences and violence towards sabs. The first year of cover actually saw them lose money due to the high number of Hunting Act cases and arrests for assaults and Public Order offences. Without legal insurance all legal […]
