At 3pm, on Saturday 8th Feb 2014, hunt saboteurs from West Sussex, South Downs, South Coast and South London Wildlife Group (SLWG) were sabbing the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and cowdray Hunt and came across a road traffic collision on a country lane. A qualified First Aider from SLWG checked for casualties and then, assisted by […]
While many foxhunts make Boxing Day their one public meet of the year, the hare-hunting beaglers remain as secretive as ever. On hunting’s premier day not a single beagle pack, anywhere in the country, chose to avail themselves of the chance to engage with the public. However, many hunt sab groups have been busy […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 30th December 2013 On Saturday December 28th hunt saboteurs from Yorkshire attended a Pony Club meet of the York & Ainsty South Foxhounds at Escrick Park. Three foxes that were deliberately hunted were aided in their escape by the sabs through the course of the day and, as the […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 30th December 2013 Hunt saboteurs from the Northants and West Midlands groups visited the Oakley hunt on Saturday 28/12/2013. On their arrival the hunt were clearly hunting foxes and the sabs had to intervene to enable an animal to escape. Shortly after this a police helicopter arrived, which it later […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release December 27th 2013 During a meet of the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent fox hunt at Fordcombe, Kent on the 14th December, huntsman mark Bycroft launched an unprovoked assault on a hunt saboteur. Despite calling 999 Kent police failed to take any action on the day. Following complaints […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release December 23rd 2013 In the run-up to hunting’s big traditional Boxing Day show piece, anti hunt protesters from Manchester and Liverpool witnessed first hand the reality of post ban hunting at a meet of the Holcombe Harriers this Saturday 21st December. The hunt, who traditionally mostly hunt hares, met […]
The Hunt Saboteurs Association is proud to proclaim its role in bringing the hated badger cull to an early finish. This can never feel like a victory as far to many innocent animals have been murdered but it is a great testament to a wide variety of groups who have worked tirelessly together that we […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 20th of November 2013 Libby Gilbert ex-Master and huntsman of the Royal Agricultural College Beagles, has evaded a Hunting Act charge by fleeing to America. Charges against the 21 year old were dropped following her second failure to attend Swindon Magistrates Court on 12th November. Hunt saboteurs have attended […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 6th of November 2013 The Hunt Saboteurs Association yesterday intensified its campaign against hare hunting by attending a mid-week meet of the Bucks- based Old Berkeley Beagles. The hunt met at Leverets Farm near the village of Marsh Gibbon. On arrival, hunt sabs armed with video cameras followed the hunt […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 20th October 2013 Hunt Saboteurs from across northern England have travelled the length of the country to protect badgers in the recently-extended Somerset cull. Northern hunt saboteurs were in the final stages of planning disruption of a major hare hunting festival- the Alston Hare Week-when news of the cull extension came […]
Hunt saboteurs association Press Release October 9th 2013 Following the news that that the National Farmers Union are trying to illegally extend the badger cull by several weeks, hunt sabs in the cull zones have promised to focus their attention on the pheasant shooting industry which they say is one of the main groups backing […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 7th October 2013 HUNT protesters are to use ‘spy in the sky’ technology in the on-going battle to stop hunters flouting the ban on hunting with dogs. The Hunt Saboteurs Association says it will be using ‘drones’ mounted with cameras to gather evidence during a week-long ‘hare hunting’ festival, […]
Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release 4th October 2013 ETON College is planning to host a hare hunting ‘training day’ to teach pupils how to chase and kill hares with dogs, the Hunt Saboteurs Association can reveal. The Young Hare Hunters’ Day is set to take place on Eton College premises on Sunday, October 13th. […]
Hunt saboteurs association Press Release September 17th 2013 Nick Bycroft, professional huntsman with the financially troubled Crawley and Horsham Hunt appeared today before Worthing magistrates court charged with a Hunting Act offence dating from January 2013. The crime occurred during a meet at Angmering Park, near Arundel, West Sussex on land owned by the trustees […]
Hunt saboteurs association Press Release September 15th 2013 The Hunt Saboteurs Association is proud to announce it has donated a significant amount of money for hunt saboteurs in the badger cull zones to buy night vision equipment. The equipment will be used to locate the badger killers in the dark and enable saboteurs to quickly […]
Hunt saboteurs association Press Release September 7th 2013 Animal rights campaigner Joan Court, 94, will stage a 24 hour hunger strike next week to highlight opposition to the badger cull and raise support for the Hunt Saboteurs Association. The protest will start at 8am on Tuesday in Tewkesbury Market place. The government sanctioned badger slaughter […]
Members of the hunt saboteurs from far and wide have been in proposed badger Cull zones for many weeks, gathering information on badger setts and other useful information to prevent the cull. This Saturday over 50 hunt sabs descended on Orchard Wyndham and other near locations including an impromptu inspection of peasant pens on a […]
Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release. 22nd May 2013 Hunt Saboteurs have today welcomed news that PC Sarah Ward, from North Yorkshire Police is no longer in position as a Wildlife Crime Officer. This comes after a complaint made by a saboteur about the officers link to the Badsworth & Bramham Moor Foxhounds. On 9th March 2013, […]
Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release. 14th May 2013 On Tuesday 19th March 2013, Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt, Dean Common Farm, a drunken hunt supporter Adrian Wood forced entry to a hunt saboteur vehicle. The two female occupants could not stop his advances and had to drive away with him inside the vehicle in the hope […]
Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release. 17th April 2013 On 15th December 2012 members of the Berkshire and North Downs hunt saboteur groups attended a meet of the old Berkshire fox hunt near Ashbury. During the day one member was attacked by one of the hunts riders. Gemma Margaret Brooking assaulted a hunt saboteur with […]
