Moor Trouble For Grouse Shoots!
Yesterday, hunt saboteurs shut down yet another grouse shoot in the Yorkshire Dales.
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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.
Shut Down! Notorious Stag Hunt To Fold
Northern Ireland’s County Down Staghounds are to fold after two centuries of inflicting horrendous cruelty on deer.
HSA Summer Mink Hunting Campaign Continues
On Saturday the elusive Dove Valley Mink (otter) Hounds were shut down by sabs from Nottingham, Staffs, West Mids and Mendip Sabs.
End Of The Road For Hare Hunt
News reaches the HSA that the Leadon Vale Basset Hounds are to fold.
Avon Vale Hunt To Appear In Court
The Avon Vale Hunt are to appear in Swindon Magistrates Court on Animal Welfare and Hunting Act charges.
Old Berks Hunt And BHSA Pull Out The Stops To Protect Their Huntsman
Recently the Hunt Saboteurs Association exposed shocking footage of huntsman, Oliver Thompson, of the Old Berkshire Foxhounds who was filmed by his wife Felicity as they used a terrier to bait a terrified fox cub.
Leading Huntsman Filmed Training Terrier To Attack Fox Cub
Horrifying footage passed to the HSA shows Oliver Thompson of the Old Berkshire Foxhounds baiting a terrified young fox with a terrier.