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Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 14th March 2018 Surrey Union whipper-in Rob Mardles was arrested on Tuesday for assaulting and spitting on a female hunt sab at the end of a days illegal hunting. Frustrated that Guildford and North Downs sabs had ruined one of their final meets of the season Mardles pushed […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 22nd February 2018 Shaun Stacey, self appointed hunt steward, was today sentenced at Northampton Magistrates court for multiple assaults against hunt saboteurs. He received a 6 month community order, 4 month tag between 19:00 and 07:00 and a fine of £1010 including compensation to the victims. He was […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 10th February 2018 North Cambs Hunt Sabs came under violent attack today from followers of the Fitzwilliam – Milton Hunt. After a successful day preventing hunting at the Oakley Hunt in Bedfordshire, North Cambs checked on a known meet location of the Fitzwilliam. Upon finding the hunt the […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 5th February 2018 David Thomas, hunt Master of the Dwyryd hunt, has today been sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment and banned from keeping dogs for 8 years after being found guilty of badger baiting. Jordan Houlsten, the hunt terrier man, was also sentenced to 20 weeks and received a […]
David Thomas, master and huntsman of the Dwyryd Hunt, has been convicted of running a horrific badger-baiting ring from his hunt kennels. RSPCA investigators found an elaborate system of pipes, artificial setts and cages at the kennels – all built to facilitate the premeditated torture of foxes and badgers by dogs. The HSA is […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 13th January 2018 A Hunt Saboteur is in critical condition after being punched to the ground and ridden down by members of the Dart Vale and South Pool Harriers. The huntsman from the hunt was present and involved in the attack. Cameras and radios were stolen during the attack. […]
Boxing day is the biggest day in the Fox Hunting Calendar. It’s a massive propaganda event run by the Countryside Alliance to portray “trail hunting” – a harmless, legal activity supported by millions of ordinary country folk. They troll out endless pictures of happy children on horseback and contented hounds licking youngsters faces that are […]
On Monday Hunt Saboteurs were in action to stop the Gloucester-based Royal Agricultural College Beagles from killing hares in Aberdeenshire. The RAC pack are in Scotland for a week of illegal hare hunting at the invitation of the Kincardineshire Foxhounds. The Sabs have on video a police officer at the scene telling them that […]
On the 4th, 5th and 6th of December, Hy Fly Game Hatcheries in Lancashire hosted the International Gundog League Retriever Championship and a small group of hunt saboteurs headed to the area to gather valuable information and formulate a plan about how best to sabotage next year’s championships. Hy Fly is a vast game farm […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 10th December 2017 Hunt Saboteurs from Croydon and Kingston joined the first major international action of its kind that saw nearly 60 Hunt Saboteurs from 6 different countries descend on the notorious Futaie des Amis Stag Hunt in the Foret de Compiegne, Picardy, Northern France. In recent weeks the […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 11.11.2017 On Thursday 9th November members of West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs were monitoring the Warwickshire Hunt who were hunting in Birdingbury, Warwickshire. Whilst they were filming the hounds two male hunt supporters approached the saboteurs and became increasingly aggressive. One of them hit one of the cameras before punching a […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 31st October 2017 On Saturday the 28th October the Surrey Union Hunt held their opening meet at Gosterwood Manor Farm, Ockley near Dorking. As well as approx 100 hunt riders there were also 20 hunt saboteurs and 20 Surrey police officers present. The police spent the entire day […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 10th October 2017 On 25th February this year hunt saboteurs attended a meet of Britain’s most convicted hunt, the Crawley and Horsham foxhounds. Press from the Huffington Post were also present. Sabs were subject to abuse and assaults through out the day. One was arrested on a trumped […]
Footage obtained by the Hunt Saboteurs Association lays bare what really lies beyond the shooting industry’s propaganda. Millions of pheasants are intensively reared in game farms for nothing more than to be live targets for wealthy shooters. The birds used for breeding are confined to tiny wire cages whereby artificial lighting is used to trick […]
The Kent and East Sussex Minkhounds met on Sunday at Puddledock , Kent. Croydon hunt sabs were alerted to the hunt by a member of the public and one member was able to attend. On arriving they could hear holloas coming from the area of the fishing lakes and went into the field with […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 25th August 2017 Guildford Hunt Sab found NOT GUILTY – charges dropped half way through court case due to no evidence. On the 25th of February hunt saboteurs from the Guildford, West Sussex, South Coast, Croydon and Brighton groups were keeping a watchful eye on the Crawley and Horsham hunt […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 13th August 2017 Over 100 hunt saboteurs from around the country descended on the moors of Yorkshire and the Peak District yesterday to disrupt the first day of the grouse shooting season. They first stopped a shoot on the Notorious Saddleworth Moor before moving South to the Fitzwilliam estate […]
News has reached the HSA that all is not well with the Weardale & Tees Valley Beagles (WTV), organisers of the notorious Alston Hare Week hunting festival. Until recently the WTV were one of the few beagle packs to still enjoy ‘professional’ status: they had their own kennels and a paid employee to feed and […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 16th May 2017 Three employees of the Derwent hunt in North Yorkshire have been charged with illegal hunting. The three: huntsman Sean McClarron, kennel huntsman Jason Marles (now huntsman at the Eggesford Hunt) and whip Damian Readman are due to appear at Scarborough Magistrates Court on 22nd May. […]
At least 3 hounds were killed and more injured at the Middleton Hunt yesterday when the hunt took them across a busy main road. The huntsman took the hounds across a main busy road, with no spotter to check oncoming traffic on an upcoming bend. After the incident, one distraught huntsman said “why did we […]
