Violent unprovoked attack launched on hunt monitors

HSA News Release 3rd February 2007 Hunt monitors present at a meet of the Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt were today subjected to a horrific unprovoked attack on them and their vehicle, leaving the driver with a suspected broken arm. The hunt supporters attacked the vehicle late on in the day, attempting to […]

Hunt figures enter fantasy league

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HSA news comment 27th December 2006 Hunt figures enter fantasy league Hunting is apparently more popular now than ever – or would be if you believed what you read or saw in this year’s post-boxing day media. 300,000 people out supporting hunting? More popular than watching football? In their dreams! That’s over a thousand people […]

All we want for Christmas is enforcement of the bloody law!

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HSA news release 22nd December 2006   Petition and postcards ask Govt ‘For Fox Sake Enforce the Ban!’ The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has unveiled a new petition and postcard campaign asking the Government to enforce the ban on hunting, and the first postcard returns are arriving at the Home Office now ready for the […]

For Fox Sake – Enforce the Ban!

HSA news release 1st November 2006 Hunt Saboteurs write to all Police forces to say ‘For Fox Sake – Enforce the Ban!’ The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) has today written to all police forces in England and Wales in order to ascertain current plans for enforcement of the ban on hunting with hounds. November 1st […]

Another Hunt Supporter Convicted of Assaulting another Hunt Saboteur

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HSA news release 17th October 2006   Sibley threatening cameraman at a previous altercation   Frazer Sibley a hunt supporter of Bignor Park Road Nursery, Bignor Park Road, Bignor, West Sussex was found guilty at Chichester Magistrates Court (17 Oct. 06) of assaulting Christopher Black during a meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt […]

Blatant illegal hunting ignored by Suffolk Police

HSA news release 16th September 2006 Blatant illegal hunting ignored by Suffolk Police – Police target wrong side as hunt kill and protestors are harassed The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today condemned the activities of Suffolk Police after they ignored a hunt killing a fox, and then proceeded to allow further incidents of illegal hunting […]

Call for police to target the real hunt criminals

HSA news release 8th September 2006 Call for police to target the real hunt criminals as case against 7 anti-hunt protestors collapses The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today called on both the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to target their resources on the hunters, not hunt saboteurs, after the dramatic collapse of a […]

Open letter from Hunt Saboteurs Association

HSA news release 5th September 2006 When the ‘truth’ is found to be lies… An open letter from Hunt Saboteurs Association To put the record straight (as very few journalists have bothered to ask for our comment on the seemingly endless recycling of an alleged attack on anglers in the North-West), the Hunt Saboteurs Association […]

Countryside Alliance supporter assaulted a hunt saboteur

HSA news release 25th August 2006 Countryside Alliance supporter assaulted a hunt saboteur A Countryside Alliance supporter has been convicted of attacking a hunt saboteur in clashes on the last day before hunting with dogs was banned on February last year. Farm worker, Wayne Spencer, 39, of Oakhurst Lane, Billingshurst, West Sussex, was found guilty […]

Illegal Mink Hunt moves into Leconfield Estate Hunt Kennels

HSA news release 20th May 2006 A ‘mink hunt’ made up largely of foxhounds has recently moved into the Leconfield Estate hunt kennels at London Road, Petworth, West Sussex where they rent accommodation. Describing themselves as the ‘Wealden Mink Hounds’ they set off on Saturday, 20th May to hunt on the River Rother and its […]

Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter pleads guilty

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HSA news release 18th May 2006 Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter pleads guilty to driving offences.   “Hunt supporters are amongst the most law abiding, deeply rooted, most responsible citizens” (Countryside Alliance 2002) On what should have been the first day of the trial, Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter John Wesley pleaded guilty to driving […]

Hunt Master guilty of serious assaults escapes custodial sentence

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HSA news release 15th May 2006 One rule for them… On 15th May Douglas Hill, Joint Huntmaster of the Essex Farmers and Union Foxhunt narrowly escaped a jail term after being convicted on two counts of assault, assaulting a police officer, criminal damage and threatening behaviour after a four day trial. The charges related to […]

Another HSA video camera bites the dust

HSA news release 18th March 2006 A 999 call had to be made for emergency medical help today after hunt saboteurs were viciously attacked by both hunt staff and supporters of the Cotswold Vale Farmers hunt. Two saboteurs were taken to hospital, one with suspected broken ribs and severe concussion, the other with a suspected […]

Police action condemned as ludicrous

HSA news release 22nd February 2006 Police action condemned as ‘ludicrous’ Hunt saboteurs who attempt to prevent illegal hunting, are attacked – and then arrested! The Hunt Saboteurs Association today condemned the ludicrous actions of police yesterday after they arrested 7 hunt sabotuers on Suspicion of ABH whilst attending a meet of the East Sussex […]

Hunt saboteurs call on police to pull their finger out – and enforce the law!

HSA news release 17th February 2006 The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today welcomed the coming anniversary of the Hunting Act, the anniversary of which is on Saturday 18th February, but stated that instead of being a mile-stone marking the end of ‘traditional’ hunting, it risked being a ‘red herring date’ unless the police started to […]

Hunt Saboteurs make 999 call after unprovoked attack by supporters of illegal hunt

HSA news release 28th January 2006 Hunt saboteurs make 999 call after unprovoked attack by illegal-hunting supporters. Hunt saboteurs present at a meet ofthe Worcestershire Fox Hounds today had to call 999 after they were attacked by supporters of the hunt as they sought to prevent illegal hunting taking place. The Hunt met at 11am […]

So the Government is ‘satisfied’ the hunting act is working…

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HSA news release 21st January 2006 So the Government is ‘satisfied’ the hunting act is working… Do they know their arse from their elbow? Hunts all over the country being caught on film hunting as normal and the police and media do nothing about it – doesn’t mean the act is working, it just means […]

Hunt supporter arrested after vicious attack on hunt monitor

HSA news release 14th January 2006 Hunt supporter arrested after vicious attack on hunt monitor Police Helicopter called in after 999 call A hunt supporter was arrested yesterday at a meet of the Golden Valley Fox Hounds after he was alleged to have attacked an anti-hunt monitor, injuring him then smashing and stealing his video […]

East Kent Hunt Thugs On Rampage Again

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HSA news release 4th January 2006 A group of ten hunt monitors from the East Kent Saboteurs attended a meet of the East Kent Foxhounds at Crundale House, near Wye on the 3rd January 2006. Despite the fact that members of the group were attacked at the same location last year (on the 5th and […]

Tally-No! Hunt Saboteurs plan to celebrate the first Boxing Day of the hunt ban era

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HSA news release 19th December 2005 The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today stated that it welcomed the first Boxing Day ‘hunts’of the post-ban era, and re-affirmed their belief that that the Hunting Act is a robust piece of legislation that CAN and WILL work…as long as police forces pull their fingers out and enforce it! […]