Charles Robert Walker, supporter of the York and Ainsty South Hunt, has pleaded guilty to assaulting a hunt saboteur at Beverley Magistrates Court. Walker also pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving without insurance, failing to stop after an accident and failing to stop for police. All the offences occurred at a meet of the York […]
Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release 19th March 2016 Members of North East Hunt Sabs were attacked today by masked terrier men from the Middleton Hunt who met at Skirpenbeck near York. It was a cowardly attack on a female driver and their passenger. The men used spades to smash the windscreen and a side […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 13th March 2016 The Notorious Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent fox hunt killed a fox at the last meet of their season yesterday. The hunt met at the Landhurst Estate and the neighbouring Culver Farm, Hartfield, just east of East Grinstead, Sussex and were being monitored by local […]
Hunt Saboteurs association News Release 6th March 2016 Masked up supporters of the Ross Harriers hunt attacked a vehicle belonging to hunt saboteurs yesterday, smashing the rear window and showering the passengers in glass. The police are investigating and have retrieved the weapon used in the attack. The hunt had met at the […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 6th February 2016 The Meynell and South Staffordshire hunt illegally chased and killed a fox today during their meet near Draycott-in-the-Clay, Staffordshire. The incident was filmed by members of Nottingham Hunt Saboteurs who managed to get the dead fox away from the hounds. The body of the fox […]
For those of you who were following the HSA Seal Guardian Campaign, which spanned 2014 and 2015, and was the HSA’s longest running full-time campaign being a daily operation covering six months last summer, we have an amazing update to share: The Scottish Government have finally formally announced a THREE YEAR BAN on coastal […]
On Tuesday 26th Jan West Midland Hunt Saboteurs again filmed the Atherstone hunt illegally chasing and killing a fox after meeting in Osbaston, Leicestershire. Hunt sabs noticed a member of the hunt was off their horse near a hedge with the hounds near a stream. One of the hounds still had the recently killed […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association is unsurprised to learn that the Eton College Beagles are facing allegations of illegal hunting following an undercover investigation. Over two years ago, the HSA exclusively revealed that Eton College was planning to hold a ‘Young Hare Hunters Day’ on its premises. Organised by bloodsports group the Association of Masters […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association 2nd January 2016 On New Years Day hunt saboteurs filmed the Fitzwilliam Hunt illegally chase and kill a fox. The evidence is being looked at by legal experts and will be presented to Cambridgeshire Police. The hunt met at Haycock Hotel, Wansford, Cambridgeshire and were illegally hunting all day. As the […]
Today Atherstone Hunt supporter Laura Caines was found guilty of two counts of assault by beating at Loughborough Magistrates Court. The incident happened on the 28th February 2015 after a fox was chased and illegally hunted by the Atherstone. Stuart Barton, the huntsman, immediately rides his horse into the nearest saboteur pinning them against […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association is today celebrating the cancellation of the week-long hunting event known as Alston Hare Week. For the first time in over thirty years the Weardale & Tees Valley Beagles have failed to organise their usual October ‘festival’ for visiting southern packs. This is as a direct result of the event being […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 15th November 2015 On Saturday 14th November the Atherstone Hunt were filmed chasing and then killing a fox at Grendon Fields Farm, Leicestershire by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs. Sabs saw the fox being chased closely by hounds. It stopped and looked to its left and then to its right and […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 14th November 2015 A hunt saboteur has been stabbed by a terrrier man from the Southdown and Eridge Foxhunt. The hunt were holding an early morning meet at Eridge, near Tunbridge Wells and were furious that sabs were present to stop their illegal activities. All was relatively quiet until […]
A West Midlands Hunt Saboteur (WMHS) has had a second PIN (Police Information Notice) issued against her by Leicestershire Police. This follows two previous PIN’s issued by the same force being quashed and the police apologising saying they had been grossly misused. The saboteur who has received the PIN does all the filming surrounding […]
Hunt saboteurs yesterday continued their campaign against pre-season leveret hunting by attending a hunt of the Severn Vale Beagles. Upon arrival at the meet at West End Town Farm near Marshfield,sabs were greeted by the sight of a hunt official spraying the countryside with large quantities of a noxious, foul- smelling substance. It is […]
Lee Moon, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated: “There is widespread media coverage of David Cameron’s violation of a dead pig and this video shows that it is commonplace for the hunting community to have no respect for animals, whether living or dead.”
Hunt saboteurs have come together from around the country today to disrupt a hunt of leverets – baby hares – near the village of Whittingham in Northumberland. The hunt was organised by the Oxford-based Christ Church & Farley Hill Beagles who had travelled to Northumberland for a pre-season hunt ‘training week.’ HSA Press Officer, […]
Gabrielle’s Manor near Edenbridge has long been a place of interest for Hunt Saboteurs. It is a meet for the Old Surrey and Burstow and it used to be a major pheasant shooting estate. It is now home to a fishery and there were rumours of duck shooting and mink hunts on the site. A […]
Usan Salmon Fisheries aka Scottish Wild Salmon Company today received the judge’s sentencing at Forfar Sheriffs Court. Members of the HSA Seal Guardian Campaign attended court to hear the verdict. They were fined £7000 for multiple breaches of netting laws (leaving nets in the water out of permitted hours and the taking of fish past […]
