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HSA news release 4th May 2002HUNT STEWARD GUILTY OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROTESTOR’S RADIO An unemployed gamekeeper was given a 6 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs at Corby Magistrates court on Friday (3 May) after he pleaded guilty to smashing a hunt saboteur’s CB radio. Mr W. Playford was arrested at a […]
HSA news release 30th March 2002 Huntsman Arrested After Attacks on Hunt Saboteurs Is this what they mean by a ‘summer of discontent’ in the countryside? A huntsman was arrested today (30 March 2002) after a series of violent attacks on demonstrators at the Essex Farmers & Union Hunt. The hunt met at Patten’s Farm, […]
HSA news release 27th March 2002 HUNT SABOTEURS ATTACKED WITH PICK AXE AND IRON BAR Hunt Saboteurs from the South West were today considering themselves lucky not to have been killed after they were attacked with an iron bar, whips and a pick axe at a joint meet of 2 hunts in Cornwall. 10 activists […]
HSA news release 2nd March 2002Huntsmen take out anger on protestors – Another Saboteur badly injured The Hunt Saboteurs Association is claiming that the prospect of a ban on hunting has caused an upsurge in violence against its members following another violent incident, this time in Yorkshire. Hunt Saboteurs from Leeds and Sheffield were present […]
HSA news release 23rd February 2002 Another hunt saboteur (this time in Cheshire) has been seriously injured by hunt supporters in an atmosphere of increasing violence from beleagured hunters. On Saturday 23rd February 20 members of The North West hunt Saboteurs Association (NWHSA) attended a meet of The Cheshire Forest Hunt which was being held […]
HSA news release 11th February 2002HSA Calls for Prosecutions Before Another Hunt Saboteur is Killed On 22 January 2002, hunt protestor Simon Wild was attacked at a meet of the Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt in West Sussex. He was then ridden over by a member of the hunt on a horse. The League Against […]
HSA news release 31st January 2002Hunt Saboteurs Left to Rescue Hunt Hound After Cliff Fall Hunt saboteurs in the North West yesterday (30/01/02) condemned the Holcombe Hunt after its supporters, riders and staff showed little regard yet again for the fate of a hound which was injured after falling 30 feet off a cliff. The […]
HSA news release 26th January 2002 Garth & South Berks Hunt: “arrogant, reckless and stupid” The Hunt Saboteurs Association yesterday condemned the Garth & South Berks Hunt as “arrogant, reckless and stupid” after their hounds strayed onto a main train line at Grove, near Wantage in Oxfordshire. The Hunt, who are closing their kennels due […]
HSA news release 22nd January 2002 “Let’s sort this out once and for all” A hunt saboteur could easily have been killed today by the actions of an irate huntsman. Hunt saboteur Simon Wild was grabbed by the huntsman of the Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt in Sussex and dragged along by his jacket. The […]
HSA news release 19th January 2002 Hunt steward arrested after attacking saboteur Violence erupted today at the Woodland Pytchley Hunt in Northamptonshire, resulting in the arrest of a steward employed by the hunt. Stewards employed by the hunt had been trying to prevent hunt saboteurs from following the huntsman, but the saboteurs had ignored them. […]
HSA news release 19th January 2002 Hunt saboteur hospitalised after being run over by horsebox at Four Burrow Hunt A hunt saboteur came close to losing his life today after he was run over by a horsebox at a meet of the Four Burrow Hunt in Cornwall. In an incident bearing horrifying similarity to one […]
HSA news release 18th January 2002 Dirty Tricks – Hunt Saboteurs Demand an Apology Sloppy Journalism, Malicious Stories and Short Memories As former JP, Jonathan Wilkes, is sentenced to 5 years in jail for making bombs that were “specifically designed to maim and kill”, the Hunt Saboteurs Association demands an apology for being mischievously connected […]
HSA news release 9th January 2002 Same Bloodsport, Same Attitude, Different Day! Prince William (Monday) at the Duke of Beaufort FH to Photographer before riding at him: “F***ing Piss Off!” Farmer (Tuesday) at the CL&C Foxhounds to sabs before attacking them with an iron bar: “You’re going to get the f***ing kicking of your life!” […]
HSA news release 31st December 2001 ‘Hunts should resolve to stop killing hounds!’ say Hunt Saboteurs The Hunt Saboteurs Association today called on all hunts to make a New Years Resolution to end the senseless slaughter of dogs used for hunting. It is common practice for hunts to put down hunting dogs after 6 or […]
HSA news release 20th November 2001 Hunt Sabs to disinfect the countryside! Despite being completely overlooked by the government’s veterinary risk assessment (to allow hunting to restart), Hunt Saboteurs are to offer their experience and knowledge of the countryside to help disinfect areas where hunts will be chasing the nation’s wildlife to exhaustion and death. […]
HSA news release 17th November 2001 Hunt Saboteurs Association letter to DEFRA 16th November 2001 Ms Patricia Schofield DEFRA Area 108 1A Page Street London SW1P 4PQ Dear Ms Schofield I write to advise you of the comments of the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) on the Government’s proposals to allow the resumption of hunting with […]
HSA news release 21st September 2001 Animal Welfare campaigner beaten with baseball bats by thugs John Gill, an animal welfare and anti-snare campaigner from Castleside near Consett in Co Durham was yesterday viciously and cowardly attacked by 3 armed ‘men’ in his own home. He spent the day and night in the University Hospital, Durham […]
HSA news release 10th September 2001 Dyfed Powys Police Pay Hunt Protestors 21,000 Compensation For Wrongful Arrest A group of seven foxhunt protestors arrested whilst they were eating lunch in a minibus have each been paid £21,000 compensation by Dyfed Powys Police for wrongful arrest and for trespass to property. The group of 4 men […]
HSA news release 5th September 2001 It’s Official – Crown Prosecution Service say it is OK to try to kill Hunt Saboteurs The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today utterly condemned the ‘spineless’ decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to drop charges against a hunt supporter who drove over and almost killed an anti-hunt protester. Martin […]
Hunters and Shooters just wanna have FUN! Forget Foot & Mouth – the ‘Guardians of the Countryside’ want access The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today expressed its disappointment, although not surprise, at moves from both the hunting and shooting fraternities to gain access to the countryside despite the continuing Foot and Mouth ‘crisis’. The Countryside […]
